Expo fund

Made in Scotland is a new initiative supported by the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund to showcase Scottish-based performing arts talent in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It is a partnership between:

• the Scottish Arts Council
• the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) and
• the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Made in Scotland will be a curated showcase of high quality performances to promote Scottish dance and theatre artists to international promoters at the Fringe and will be launched in 2009.

In addition, the Fringe and FST are developing a year round programme of training, support and advice to enable companies to prepare for participation in Made in Scotland, supporting them to achieve their goals for participation, including profile and touring opportunities.

Made in Scotland 2009 application documents

Made in Scotland fund is open to applications from dance and theatre artists, companies or organisations based in Scotland for the presentation of productions as part of Made in Scotland at the Fringe in 2009. Applications can come from individual artists or from companies/organisations.

A panel of distinguished Scottish and international artists and producers has been established to advise on the development of Made In Scotland and will be responsible for curating the showcase in 2009.

• Fringe Expo Fund Guidelines (pdf - 42KB)
• Standard Guideline for all applicants 2008-09 (pdf - 53KB)

Deadline has passed

Read the Made In Scotland Press release (14/08/08)

Made in Scotland panel

• Anita Clark - Head of Dance, Scottish Arts Council the Lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland.
• Tim Hawkins - General Manager, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Largest Arts Festival in the World.
• Jon Morgan - Interim Director, FST, Advancing the interests of Scottish Theatre at home and abroad.
• Steve Slater - Senior Producer, Tramway Theatre Glasgow, Scotland's most acclaimed venue for contemporary visual and performing art.
• Sally Cowling, Director of Drama & Dance, British Council, the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
• Tina Rasmussan - Director, Harbourfront Centre (Canada) on the cutting edge of all that is current and creative to educate and entertain the diverse public of the Toronto area.
• Wolfgang Hoffman - Independant Producer.  Former Director of the Dublin Fringe Festival and Aurora Nova.
• Jen McLachlan - Independant Dance Manager.  Former Director of dance at the Australian Council for the Arts.
• Joyce McMillan - Theatre Critic for the Scotsman Newspaper, Visiting Professor for Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh's School of Creative Industries.