The Lowry celebrates after being awarded £25,000 by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to support their Artist Development Programme. 

The funding will enable The Lowry to offer workshops, mentoring, rehearsal space and other activities to around 300 early career artists from Greater Manchester through the Studio Member Scheme. It will also support professional development activities for nine companies, six of whom are based in Greater Manchester, through their flagship support programmes Developed With The Lowry and the Associate Artist Scheme.

Through the ‘Developed With The Lowry’ scheme, the venue will support award-winning comedian Sophie Willan (Salford); family theatre company Colour the Clouds (Manchester); award-winning theatremakers Art with Heart (Manchester); physical theatre company Animikii (Yorkshire); and political theatre company 2Magpies Productions (East Midlands) to undertake a bespoke package of artistic and professional development as they make shows to premiere in The Aldridge Studio at Lowry in 2016.

At the same time, the Associate Artist scheme will support Kill The Beast (Manchester), Monkeywood Theatre (Manchester), Theatre Ad Infinitum (Bristol) and FYSA Theatre (Yorkshire) to both create extraordinary new productions and undertake high impact organization development as they become nationally leading theatre companies.

Steve Cowton, head of theatre operations, says: “We are absolutely delighted by this award, which is a ringing endorsement of our work over the last six years. Alongside our ongoing support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Arts Council England, this funding means we will be able to offer a great range of opportunities to aspiring and ambitious theatre makers and make sure Salford is seen nationally as one of the best places to seek out the next generation of theatre talent.”

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