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
At Lowry on Wed 28 Jan 2026
A new opportunity for local artists and creatives to connect with Lowry, gain practical insight into how we work, and use our team as a sounding board for your projects.
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Deadline: Thu 29 Jan 2026
Lowry Musical Theatre Creative Lab is an opportunity to dive into the unique craft of dramatic songwriting, offering tools, techniques and inspiration for artists who want to apply their songwriting and composition skills to theatrical storytelling.
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At Lowry on Fri 30 Jan 2026
This high energy and fast paced workshop is an exciting opportunity to explore Motionhouse’s distinctive, highly physical and dynamic fusion of dance and circus.
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Online event: Thu 5 Feb 2026
The morning takes inspiration from artist Corinne’s evolving project The Severed Wing - charting a journey from self-portraiture to live-streamed performance - and uses this as a springboard for wider artist-led conversations about making work from domestic or situated environments.
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Deadline: 2nd Mar 2026
We invite you to apply for a co-commission supported by Dance in the North – a consortium of dance organisations and venues who are committed to working together to enhance artist development, artist support and dance programming in the North of England.
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THU 19 MAR 2026, 7PM, STUDIO THEATRE
Scratch Nights is our space for early ideas and brand-new work. An evening where artists share ideas-in-progress and explore what happens when early material meets a live audience.
Tickets onsale 30 January
Price: £5.00
Deadline to apply: Mon 16 Feb 2026, 12pm (midday)
If you’re writing original songs that sit anywhere on the pop spectrum - from chart-ready bangers to pop musical theatre storytelling - and you’re looking for a place to share your work, POP up! is for you.
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8th-10th April, 10am-4.30pm
Birth the Musical is a three-day workshop for pregnant people and people who have recently given birth to explore the weird and world-bending metamorphosis into parenthood.
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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