New Writing South
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. They are the main support for artists and arts organisations, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through the Exchequer and National Lottery funds.
Contact:
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
77 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6AQ
www.artscouncil-ni.org
Tinderbox
The company is committed to programming plays by new or emerging writers, including those on attachment to Tinderbox, when these reach an appropriate standard for professional production and touring. Recently Tinderbox has engaged with venues where new writing is staged, to develop a strategy aimed at building new and wider audiences, and with other independent theatre companies, with a view to increasing the potential for new writing develop throughout the theatre community..
The talents and skills of new playwrights are developed through a range of specially designed initiatives, soon to be led by Northern Ireland’s only full-time Literary Manager. Tinderbox commissions plays from both emerging and established writers, and supports the development of scripts from initial ideas to full production.
Contact:
Tinderbox Theatre Company
Imperial Buildings
72 High Street
Belfast
BT1 2BE
www.tinderbox.org.uk