Funding & Development Opportunities for Theatre Artists
We know how tricky it can be to keep up with the ever-shifting world of funding and creative support—so we’ve done a bit of digital foraging on your behalf. Like good magpies, we’ve gathered links, tweets, e-shots and mailouts into one handy spot, packed with funding and development opportunities for theatre artists.
This page is updated regularly as new calls and deadlines drop, so check back often.
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Upcoming Opportunities:
Áras Éanna Arts Centre | Open Call 2026
Áras Éanna are inviting applicants to apply for residencies on Inis Oírr for 2026. The successful recipient’s will be offered residencies that will be allocated on dates determined by the selection board. Artists at all stages of their professional life from emerging to well-established are welcomed, and they try and accommodate all artforms.
The residencies can be from two weeks to one month and Áras Éanna will provide return ferry to Inis Oírr, accommodation, studio space and a stipend which will be determined at a later date.
More details here.
Deadline: 15 August, 5pm
Dublin Fringe Festival is Hiring Two Associate Artists | September 2026
These roles are two artists who want to further develop both your personal artistic and festival making practises. DFF believe it’s vital that their organisation is responsive to artists’ needs, and these roles follow that framework, allowing aspects and priorities of each artists’ tenure to be shaped by goals developed with the Festival Director. The roles will encompass areas of curation, producing, strategy, art-form development and artist support, tailored to each Associate Artists’ goals. Associate Artists will receive year-round mentorship from the Festival Director and targeted mentoring from an international artist of note, supporting the development of your personal artistic practise. You will be involved in all areas of the festival-making process: across festival curation, commission selection and development, producing, artist support & dramaturgy.
More details here.
Deadline: 7 August, 5pm
Abbey Theatre Open Call Auditions | Cork, Belfast, Dublin, Galway
The Abbey Theatre is thrilled to announce a series of general auditions for professional actors to be held in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and Cork from 10th – 24th August 2026. This is a unique opportunity to be seen by the Abbey Theatre casting department.
“These auditions are intended for actors and theatre-makers with some professional experience, who may not have had the opportunity to audition for the Abbey before, or recently. We’re particularly interested in meeting artists with a range of voices, perspectives and lived experiences – people whose work we can begin to know better, and who may help shape the future of Irish theatre.”
More details here
Deadline: 23rd July 2026
