Short Description:
Apply by Monday 4th August to be one of our four 2025 Residency Artists, receiving two weeks of paid development time to take your performance project to the next level, plus a work-in-progress sharing in a black-box studio theatre.
This year, two of our residencies are specifically aimed at artists living in Enfield, which has historically had less cultural investment and engagement than other London boroughs. The remaining two residencies are open to all artists within convenient travel distance of Central London.
We have partnered with The Dugdale Arts Centre in Enfield to host work-in-progress sharings from all our residency artists, after their two-week development period at Theatre Deli Leadenhall Street.
We are once again using random selection as part of our decision-making process. Two eligible applications will be randomly selected (including one from Enfield), and the other two residencies will be selected via a panel. This process is designed to eliminate any factors that may work to exclude or erase artists from our opportunities. If anything has ever stopped you from applying before, it’s time to throw your hat in the ring!
Theatre Deli’s 2025 Residency programme is supported by Arts Council England.
Application Requirements:
Alternatively, if you would prefer to submit an application by voice note, please answer the following questions in an audio recording of no longer than 5 minutes, and send it by email to residencies@theatredeli.co.uk.
- Tell us about your project, and how audiences will experience it (250 words max)
- If you have begun work on this project, please provide details of activity to date. (200 words max)
- Why are Theatre Deli and this residency opportunity a good fit for this project? (200 words max)
- Use this space to provide one link to your website or an example of a previous project/work if desired.
- As well as using random selection, we are actively selecting artists to ensure a wide range of identities are represented. Please use this space to share information about which individuals and communities are involved in your project. (200 words max)
- If you are a resident of Enfield, please tick here. We will ask for proof of address if you are selected for one of the Enfield residencies.
Eligibility:
Our residency programmes are for artists who make work for performance including but not limited to:
• theatre • storytelling • dance • movement • performance art • circus • experimental work • art activism • installation • interactive • immersive
Program Benefits or Awards:
What is the offer?
We are offering four residencies in total.
Each Residency Includes:
- £2,000 Residency Artist Fee
- Up to £500 Personal Access Costs
- 2 weeks in-kind rehearsal studio space at Theatre Deli Leadenhall Street
- £200 materials budget
- A sharing for an invited audience at The Dugdale Arts Centre main studio.
- Mentoring support from Deli staff on areas such as dramaturgy, producing, marketing, fundraising and project management.
- One year Theatre Deli Studio Membership (worth £75).
Entry Fee:
free
Location:
London, England
Website link:
https://www.theatredeli.co.uk/News/call-out-theatre-delis-2025-residencies
