Artists
ARTISTS
THERE'S NO ONE WAY WE WORK WITH ARTISTS.
LIVE DRAFTS
A way for artists to test new work in front of an audience before it's finished. One show, one or two nights, time afterwards to talk about it.
Past Live Drafts have come from Pecs Drag Kings, Marikiscrycrycry, Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Selina Thompson and In Bed With My Brother. A lot of those ideas became full productions, here and elsewhere.
What you say about it in the bar afterwards actually shapes where it goes next.
Applications are closed for now. More to come.
Live Drafts is supported by Mike Anderson, Fiona Clements, Gabriel Vogt, and others who prefer to stay anonymous.
COMMISSIONS
We commission new work from writers, performers, and companies. It starts with a conversation.
Email hello@theyardtheatre.co.uk with a bit about you and what you're making. We don't take unsolicited scripts.
PROGRAMMING
If you've got something you think fits, invite us. hello@theyardtheatre.co.uk, ideally six weeks ahead.
“I have been supported in making my ideas bigger and bolder, not being confined to what might traditionally be seen in a theatre.”
Dipo Baruwa-Etti
“The Yard has been a genuine support system for me and my creativity. I'm forever grateful.”
Lanre Malaolu
“The Yard has been instrumental in my success as an artist and with their immense support of my work, as commissioners, as producers, as my artist home in London. They really know what they are doing.”
Marikiscrycrycry
“My relationship with The Yard is completely natural. It is something all artists dream of. To be understood, challenged and, above all, to be part of something that is important and visionary.”
Alexander Zeldin
