Artist Network
ARTIST NETWORK AT LOWRY
Our Artist Network is a free, open access programme supporting professional artists at all stages of their career to focus on their creative and professional development. Our programme has a year-round offer including regular workshops, socials, ticket offers, Scratch Nights and other one-off or short–term opportunities to develop creative practice, explore new ideas and build networks.
WHO'S IT FOR?
Independent artists, collectives and companies, creative producers and administrators at all stages of career working across performing or visual arts. This also includes anyone with an aspiration to work creatively in the creative sector.
ARTIST NETWORK NEWSLETTER
Every month we send out an Artist Network newsletter with the latest updated on current and new opportunities for artists at Lowry. Our newsletters spotlights everything we have available from training and development opportunities to residencies, Scratch Nights and local and regional opportunities from our Friends.
Current Opportunities
Deadline For Applications: Thu 02 Apr 2026, 5pm
We’re pleased to announce our next call-out for live art and contemporary performance artists with a home-based and situated creative practice to share new work as part of our next Scratch Nights X Homegrown event, taking place on Thu 18 Jun 2026 online on Zoom.
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DEADLINE TO APPLY: Mon 27 Apr 2026, 12PM
Now, in collaboration with comedian Aarian Mehrabani, we’re delighted to be presenting two mixed-bill comedy nights in our Aldridge Studio Theatre.
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Callout Deadline: Fri 1 May 2026, 10am
New Earth Theatre Makers Academy - Great Manchester is a 1-week course for Greater Manchester and North West-based East Asian and South East Asian creatives and artists who are interested exploring how to create original theatre.
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Date: Thu 7 May 2026
Working with Dan Daw and director Sarah Blanc, participants will use improvisation and text to generate choreographic material, starting with key themes of individual and collective resilience.
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Date: Fri 15 May 2026
The workshop will be mainly practical, and we will be learning through doing. Content will include an introduction to DIY's approach to creating multi-sensory theatre and workshops, followed by an opportunity to create your own sensory environments.
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Date: Wed 20 May 2026
Led by artist John Powell-Jones, this workshop introduces participants to The Crocodile of Sadness through the making of split-pin puppets for stop-motion animation, using simple 2D cardboard techniques.
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Resources
- Routes In Guide: Venue North’s invaluable guide to getting programmed in the North.
- Theatre Green Book: Making Theatre in a Time of Climate Crisis
- Rates of Pay: Independent Theatre Council negotiates minimum rates of pay , on behalf of its members, with the appropriate unions for administrative staff, choreographers, designers, directors, fight directors, performers, stage managers, freelance producers and writers.
- Resources and Templates:The Uncultured’s resources related to Arts Council
- Tourbook : Find venues and audiences you never knew existed and make new connections in places near and far.
- Read and find out about the Social Model of Disability from Shape Arts
- Resources for disabled artists and companies: Unlimited’s web page for artists, creatives, producers and the sector to share best practice, insights, toolkits and more