Make Space

A new fund for artists across Scotland, to investigate new ways of creating and presenting children’s theatre.

About Make Space

The Make Space fund invites applicants from across Scotland and across disciplines who are interested in making work for young people, to investigate new ways of creating and presenting children’s theatre. The funding will support two projects with resources to research and develop new ideas over a 6 month period, supported by the Catherine Wheels’ team.

Make Space is a research and development fund for Scotland-based artists to explore what performing arts for children could look like in the new normal, following the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” —Moby Dick

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Recipients

2021

Step hop – Bridie Gane

Step hop – Bridie Gane

Step hop is an exploration into the freedom and joy of movement in children and young people and what us adults can learn from them.

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Vee Smith & Sadiq Ali

Vee Smith & Sadiq Ali

Vee and Sadiq will use Make Space to develop and research how they would go about making and presenting a queer circus show for children and young people.

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2020

Hiding Hats – Alison Brown

Hiding Hats – Alison Brown

A design-led project, exploring the universal joy in infants from the game Peekaboo.

Memory Monger – Ashley Smith and Simon Donaldson

Memory Monger – Ashley Smith and Simon Donaldson

Researching the need for community in uncertain times through the experiences of two very different characters.

The Climate Crisis Can’t be Cancelled – Katrine Turner and Fiona Robertson

The Climate Crisis Can’t be Cancelled – Katrine Turner and Fiona Robertson

Exploring new ways of creating participatory performance in the school environment with costumes of found materials, interactive “happenings” in a playground.

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The Garden – Yvonne Buskie

The Garden – Yvonne Buskie

A design-led project that explores creative learning, storytelling and nature with an East Lothian primary school.

The Search – Ben Winger & Kerry Cleland

The Search – Ben Winger & Kerry Cleland

A community driven treasure hunt with performance and story at its heart, that took place for residents of Lochbridge road in North Berwick, across June, July and August 2021.

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