A YOUNG ARTISTS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Date of Activity: Phase 1 (March – May 2025) & Phase 2 (May – November 2025)
Location: Edinburgh and online
Bursary fee: £2000 plus access, travel, accommodation and production support
Age Range: 18-28

Trajectories is a fully supported early-career artist development programme that was delivered through a combination of in-person and online workshops, masterclasses and rehearsals. Over a period of 7 weeks, 6 theatre-makers from a variety of creative backgrounds worked with Lead Artist Cora Bissett and a range of practitioners to experiment, collaborate with one another and develop a brand new performance, that culminated in a public showcase event at Assembly Roxy on 25 April 2025.

The young artists dissected identity and society’s role in shaping it through emotive love letters to childhood homes, journeys through family stories and the sea, the rediscovery of lost memories… or dealing with more recent ones. Audiences on the day experiencing works around the venue, where they were invited to question, consider and absorb what the artists had to say – a compelling depiction of identity in Scotland’s performance landscape.  

After the showcase event, the 6 early-career artists continue to work with Scottish Youth Theatre for an extended period to extend their professional development and contribute to future programming and planning with the organisation. 

Get An Inside Look into the the Trajectories programme and hear more about the process of developing new work from the artists’ perspective. You can also read more about the 6 artists on Dialogue.

Trajectories previously took place in 2022 at Civic House Glasgow. You can watch the project film on our YouTube channel. 

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