Taking place in the Geelong Arts Centre studios, this 3.5-day intensive program will combine creative and professional skills workshops and mentoring, as well as space to develop your creative concept.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to develop your producing, pitching and creative skills, and learn how to take your work from the page to the stage, and beyond.
Applications open 9am Wednesday 5 November 2025 and close 5pm Sunday 30 November 2025.
Application Open: 9am Wednesday 5 November 2025
Applications Close: 5pm Sunday 30 November 2025
Artist Intensive starts: 3pm Tuesday 24 March 2026
Artist Intensive finishes: 5pm Friday 27 March 2026
Acquittals due: 10 April 2026
Note: Each artist will be paid a $500 honorarium to attend this intensive. Artists will receive honorarium payment via invoice following attendance at the intensive and completion of the debrief survey.
Applicants who require assistance completing the application form, please contact creativeengine@geelongartscentre.org.au to discuss support options
This opportunity is for Victorian-based artists aged 18 and over.
Independent/self-producing artists creating their own work, such as performers, directors, choreographers, playwrights or other creatives
Artists with some experience creating their own work
Those with the desire to develop their craft and expand their creative network
Artists looking to develop their producing, pitching and creative skills to take their work and practice from the page to the stage, and beyond Geelong
Facilitated and guided by Naarm based Dramaturg & Arts Programmer Mark Pritchard
The intensive will allow artists the time and space to develop their concept during creative and professional skills workshops, and to connect with industry leaders, presenters and professional artists, including Keziah Warner and Bron Batten
Artists apply by pitching a new seed idea to develop across the intensive
The intensive will culminate in a round table discussion with a panel of industry leaders
Creative skills workshops such as;
• Script writing and dramaturgy
• Movement and devising skills
• Embedding design into creation of new work
Producing skills workshops such as;
• Pitching and marketing
• Budgeting and grant writing
• Making a work tour-ready
Networking and development;
• Mentoring sessions and studio access
• Group dinners and networking time
