Bursaries!
As a homage to our early days and the people who helped us out, every year 1927 offers small cash bursaries to help Kent based artists develop a piece of original, sublime, heart-wrenching, political and unique performance, cross-artform or hybrid creative work. Alongside the cash bursary, 1927 offers each recipient mentoring.
Applications for 2023 Artists Bursaries opened on 6 December 2022 and closed on Friday 6 January 2023.
We’re delighted to have awarded 2023 bursaries to 5 brilliant Kent based artists, practitioners and companies:
Adrian & Neelam Saredia-Brayley, Dean Stalham, Flora Parrott, MCDC & Sara Trillo!.
You can find out more about the 2023 Bursary Recipients here!
creative associates
A 1927 collaboration with Streetwise Opera.
Performed by Streetwise Opera groups, BBC Concert Orchestra & The Sixteen.
Our 1927 Creative Associates Programme sees us support and collaborate with brilliant Artists on a range of bespoke creative activities. Over the past year we have been supporting Amber Cooper-Davies to collaborate with Streetwise Opera groups in London, Manchester & Nottingham co-conceive, develop and animate 9 films to be presentation alongside 9 newly commissioned micro operas.
In March 2023, Re:sound was performed by Streetwise Opera regional groups, the BBC Concert Orchestra and The Sixteen at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Nottingham Playhouse & in the Blue Room at Southbank Centre.
On Sunday 26 March Re:Sound - Voices of Our Cities was performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall by over 100 people with lived experience of homelessness from London, Manchester, and Nottingham, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, The Sixteen and Ambers animations. Find out more here.
A Guide to european touring for artists & companies
In collaboration with independent producers and consultants Nadine Patel and Ania Obolewicz and the teams over at ArtsAdmin & LIFT, commissioned by Arts Council England we've created a new practical guide that explains how UK-based theatre, dance, and live art artists or small companies can tour work across Europe.
From insurance and visas to copyright and cabotage, the guide offers a practical step-by-step guide to help navigate the post-Brexit touring landscape and will continue to be updated as the rules and regulations evolve.
Click the button below for more information and links to access the guide - available in text, Easy Read, and audio formats.
thanet youth network
The Thanet Youth Network is a group of creative and cultural organisations across Thanet that develop projects and opportunities for young people.
The network is committed and passionate about encouraging and empowering young people to thrive.
With a wealth of organisations working with young people across the Thanet region, the network has put together a comprehensive list of organisations with details of what they offer to support young people in Thanet.
Click the button below to access the guide.
Producer Open House!
We regularly offer blocks of support sessions for independent and freelance creative practioners. Sessions are one-to-one spaces for listening and exchange. Hosted by 1927 Producer Jo Crowley, creatives attending sessions might use them to chat through and explore range of things - from shaping a creative idea, a funding application, to getting some creative or producing advice or explore approaches to balancing sustaining a livelihood as an Artist. Attendees time for preparing, attending and reflecting on the sessions are fully paid for through an honorarium fee.
We will reopen the house later this year.
Please sign up to our mailing list or follow us on social media to find out about future Producer Open House sessions.