Onward Touring Fund

A key aim of the Made in Scotland project is to maximise the benefit for Scottish artists of the international platform that the Fringe is. As part of this, funding has been allocated to support Scottish dance and theatre companies to take up international touring opportunities as a direct result of performing at the Fringe.

The fund is available to all Scottish dance and theatre companies regardless of whether they are included in the Made in Scotland programme. The fund looks to support companies by contributing towards the cost of presenting their work outside of Scotland. Over half the productions featured in 2009 are touring internationally to Australia, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Ireland, Tasmania, Italy and Ukraine.

So far, support has been given to:

• Tabula Rasa Dance Company to take their production of Dilly Dilly to two dance festivals in February 2010: Take-off: 4. Festival Junger Tanz" at Tanzhaus in Düsseldorf, Germany and then on to the Krokusfestival in Hasselt, Belguim. These are both festivals specialising in dance for children.

• Puppet State Theatre to take their show, The Man Who Planted Trees to Sydney Opera House for ten performances in November-December 2010.

• The Arches to take Nic Green's Trilogy to the Barbican and Battersea Arts Centre in London in January 2010, to Dublin Fringe Festival in September 2010 and to Belfast Festival in October 2010. The company has also secured performances at Bristol Mayfest, 14-16th May 2010.

• Graeme Maley to take his production of Djupid to Tasmania as part of '10 Days on the Island Festival' in March 2010.

• Claire Cunningham touring ME: Mobile/ Evolution to Tanz Bremen (Germany),Rybnik Theatre Festival (Poland), Naples Teatro Festival (Italy), Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival (Belfast) and Dogheda Arts Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival, Caidre Festival and Earagail Arts Festival (Ireland), from May – September 2010.

• Scottish Dance Theatre towards a residency and performances at the Luoghi Comuni Festival in Italy in June and touring in the Netherlands in October 2010. The Luoghi Comuni Festival a Festival is run by Associazione Etre who organized Espresso! Teatro Italiano at Fringe 2009. Promoted by Van Baasbank & Baggerman Theatre and Music, this includes performances in Delft, Arnhem, Eindhoven and Tilburg.

• Dogstar Theatre Company, towards touring The Tailor of Inverness to Germany, the Ukraine and Poland in October 2010. This includes performances at the Golden Lion (Ukraine) and Konfrontacje Festival (Poland) and a run at the English Theatre in Berlin. Additional performances in the Ukraine and Poland are currently being confirmed including dates at Zielona Gora University, Poland and at theatres in Ternopil, Rivne, Lutsk, Drohobych and Kyiv in Ukraine.

For more information on how to apply, further details on the fund including eligibility terms and conditions please visit: www.scottisharts.org.uk/madeinscotland