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Supporting artists
We are a brave creative hub for the city and are passionate about working with the world’s most exciting artists, discovering new talent and supporting different voices to tell important stories across our stages that speak to our community and audiences.
Join us!
Artist Development Programme
Be part of York Theatre Royal’s Creative Hub! Open to artists of all disciplines based in North Yorkshire.
Join our Creative Hub mailing list to receive news of opportunities directly, including commission call outs, access to free rehearsal space when available, advance casting and creative recruitment information, support for touring theatre companies, artist development and scratch nights, rehearsed readings of new plays, invitations to events and other exclusive offers.
Sign up to our mailing list here.
Not based in North Yorkshire? You can still get in touch with your tour information by contacting programming@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk or artistdevelopment@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk if you have a project to discuss.
You might also be interested in the Routes In guide – a guide to getting work programmed in the north of England.
Plays and Playwrights
We’re sorry to say that we don’t have a Literary Department at York Theatre Royal.
Therefore, we are unable to process unsolicited scripts.
If you are a playwright based in North Yorkshire and would like to introduce yourself to us, here are a couple of starting points:
Ashleigh J Mills Love Bites Tom Arber
Futureproof
Young people finding our way forward together
York Theatre Royal Futureproof is a team of young people from Yorkshire who want to have a voice in the changing landscape of arts and culture. Through a variety of activities, events and consultations they will be asking big questions and challenging, debating and discussing the relationship between culture and young people now and into the future.
