Supporting Artists
A look at what happens here at Theatre Royal Waterford to support artists in the development and presentation of new work
Nick Kavanagh – Artist in Residence
Curious State Theatre Company
Nick Kavanagh
Artistic Director / Performer / WriterKillian Browne
Performer/ MusicianCilian Jacob
Performer/ MusicianCiara Healy
PerformerKate Powell
Performer/ MusicianLaura Broderick
PerformerDean Caulfield
Sound TechnicianJoe Harney
Sound DesignerEoin O'hAnnracháin
DirectorTheatre artist Nick Kavanagh is currently working with the performers, musicians, creatives and technicians of Curious State Theatre Company, which he founded in 2016, on a number of new pieces of work here at Theatre Royal:
“We’re using Theatre Royal as an incubation studio, a testbed to reflect, research and create new methods of working and to foster new relationships with other creatives in the region while we develop new work that is climate conscious and in harmony with the need to reduce our collective carbon footprints”, Nick explains.
More details to come on Nick’s exciting plans for his residency…
Nick’s residency here at Theatre Royal is supported by The Arts Council and Waterford City and County Council
Behind The Scenes
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Backstage at the Royal
Backstage@TheRoyal, an emerging music initiative, was developed by the theatre team to reimagine our live music venue and provide musicians with the opportunity to bring new music to a live audience.
At a Backstage gig, the audience joins the act onstage for an intimate, cabaret-style event. Backstage@TheRoyal is all about original music and guests range from well-known national names to up-and-coming local bands.
Darktime at the Royal
Theatre Royal provides professional arts practitioners with time inside the theatre auditorium, a space that allows artists to think about, develop, create, trial, workshop and rehearse a new piece of work. This time is made available on days that TR is ‘dark’, when no other activity is taking place inside the auditorium.
We also offer professional arts practitioners with a workspace at the theatre’s administration office that enables them to develop new work (writing time), research subject matters that apply to the development of new work, write and submit funding applications. Practitioners are given a workspace in a professional working environment and provided with a PC and printer usage, WIFI and office space. Mentoring supports are also provided as part of this support.
Artist Resources
Professional development opportunities and available resources for professional artists.
Bursaries
Theatre Royal’s Creative Shoots bursary scheme was originally developed to support artists from, or creating work in, Waterford during the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2022/2021.
The winning artists each received a €1,000 bursary to support them and their practice, as well as being given time inside the Theatre Royal to develop and workshop their work with the support of the technical team, once restrictions eased.
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