Deadline: 21-Oct-21
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Playing Western Australia (WA) to support touring performing arts shows to regional and remote Western Australia.
Objectives
Funding delivered through Playing WA is intended to:
- increase the number and variety of performances touring to regional WA
- contribute to the development of sustainable performing arts touring circuits in regional WA
- provide employment opportunities in regional WA
- provide opportunities for regional and remote communities to attend performing arts shows in their towns and communities
- enable local communities to make decisions about their performing arts needs.
Funding Information
Eligible applicants can apply for up to $120,000 in funding to support the direct costs associated with delivering the tour e.g. travel, accommodation and salaries, as well as costs of delivering community participation activities as part of the tour.
What can I apply for?
To be eligible for funding through this program, the planned tour must:
- be for a performing arts production that is ‘tour ready’ (has been previously publicly-staged and reviewed or you have a demonstrated track record of regional touring and your production is yet to be staged. Contact a Grants Officer if you have any questions)
- include performances which are paid and ticketed
- include at least one performance programmed by a professional venue (a venue that regularly programs professional work and has the capacity to receive touring productions) in regional WA
- be open to the general public
- be staged in two or more regional towns or remote communities in WA.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are open to WA performing arts groups, organisations or individual artists for touring WA-produced performing arts shows to regional and remote towns and communities in Western Australia.
- Successful Playing WA Multi-year applicants are not eligible to apply for Playing WA for the duration of the grant funding period.
- It is recommended that the application is prepared and submitted by the party taking the lead coordinating the tour. If successful, this primary applicant will be issued with the contract and will be responsible for receiving payment and acquitting the grant.
For more information, visit https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/playing-wa
