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Twenty Two Artists and Producers Awarded Grants of up to £1000 for Self-Defined Development Projects
Artists selected in this second round are: Bex Anson; Tom Bailey; Camille Barton; Rose Biggin; Josie Canham-Williams; Kamala Devam; Eleanor Fogg; Olivia Furber; Lisa Hammond; Kate Lane; Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson;…
Jerwood New Playwright Alice Birch Wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Alice Birch received the $25,000 prize for her piece about three generations of women living with mental illness. The premiere production was directed by Katie Mitchell with a cast including Kate O’Flynn and Hattie Morahan and…
Rosanna Vize wins Best Set Design at the Offies
We supported Rosanna through Jerwood Designers at Gate Theatre where she worked on Diary of a Madman, Directed by Christopher Haydon. The Offies (The Off West End Theatre Awards) recognise…
Jerwood New Playwright Simon Longman wins George Devine playwriting award
Simon Longman was awarded the £15,000 prize at the end of the run of his play Gundog which was staged at the Royal Court Theatre’s Jerwood Theatre Upstairs and written through the…
Top 40: Graduates kick start careers to challenge inequality in UK arts organisations
The 40 outstanding graduates, all from low income backgrounds, officially start year-long paid placements with arts organisations to kick start their careers in the sector, nurture their leadership talent and…
Arts Council England's Equality, Diversity and the Creative Case report is step forward in recognising socio-economic barriers to working in the arts
Arts Council England’s report, Equality, Diversity and the Creative Case, published on 15 January marks a milestone in the drive to establish socio-economic background as a key criteria for measuring…
Third Creative Bursaries alumni takes up senior position in the arts
Andrew began his career as Producing Assistant with Punchdrunk, originally appointed through the inaugural year of the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme, and went on to work with international touring…
Cardboard Citizen's Adrian Jackson Awarded MBE
Jackson has been awarded the honour for leading the way for Cardboard Citizens’ award-winning work with homelessness, its community activism and groundbreaking use of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. We supported Cardboard…
Daniel Pitt becomes second Creative Bursaries participant to secure a leadership role, Executive Producer at Chisenhale Dance Space
Daniel Pitt is a curator, producer and dramaturge specialising in contemporary performance. In 2017 he was Circus Producer (joint Maternity Cover) at Roundhouse, co-curating April 2018’s CircusFest, alongside freelance projects.…
Emily Howard, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and Philip Venables win British Composer Awards
The Awards were announced at a ceremony held at the British Museum in London on Wednesday 6 December. The ceremony, hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Andrew McGregor and Sara Mohr-Pietsch,…
Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary Alumni Jack Thomson releases short film
Jack tells us about life after the programme and the release of his new short film, Business is Brutal, commissioned by Random Acts and released on Wednesday 15th November 2017.…
Lilli Geissendorfer Announced as New Director of Jerwood Charitable Foundation
Jerwood Charitable Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation and UK registered charity dedicated to imaginative and responsible funding of the arts, with a particular focus on supporting talent and excellence.…