Making Space Online Festival

Making Space is Scottish Youth Theatre’s residency project for young artists ready to drive their own creative practice. Over 3 months we supported 21 residencies (a combination of solos, duos, trios and new collaborations) from a wide range of arts practices to engage in bespoke artistic development and make cross artform work for an innovative online festival. The young artists considered the sustainability of digital theatre in the future and their identities within it, through gaming, storytelling, e-performance and interactive media, looking at new ways of using digital platforms for live and recorded performances in 2021.

The Making Space Online Festival was co-curated and delivered by Scottish Youth Theatre and a team of Young Producers. The Young Producer trainee programme extended Scottish Youth Theatre’s ongoing commitment to young emerging artists and their practices within the industry. Each Young Producer explored their critical and creative thinking in a digital-learning environment; whilst incorporating practical training in festival programming, events management, audience development, scheduling and budgeting.