EPAD - Edinburgh Performing Arts Development

04/05/2026

Last chance to apply to our Supported Residencies today! We've extended the deadline to 11pm to give you a little more time. It's a great opportunity to create work at one of 8 venues across Edinburgh this autumn.

Lyra. Traverse Theatre. North Edinburgh Arts. Fruitmarket, WHALE Arts, Scottish Storytelling Centre Assembly Roxy, Craigmillar Now.

Check out our Website for guidance and to apply. Deadline 11pm today, Monday 4th May.

Following a highly successful pilot in 2024 supported by City of Edinburgh Council, we are delighted to have been awarded funds from Creative Scotland to offer eight Supported Residencies across Edinburgh this autumn.  Between September and November 2026, we will be working with Assembly Ro

23/04/2026

There are still a few slots available to join our consultation sessions between 14 and 16 May taking place at Capital Theatres - Festival Theatre, Studio & King's Theatre and Lyra theatre.

Please check our website to find out more about this paid opportunity and to sign up to contribute your views to support us to review our impact over the last 10 years and look to the future.

As part of our Organisational Review process, supported by Creative Scotland, we are holding a series of in-person consultation meetings. This is your opportunity to contribute to conversations that will help us review our impact to date and shape our future plans. These sessions are intended for e

25/03/2026

We are delighted to invite you to contribute to our organisational review process, as we reflect on 10 years of EPAD and consider how best to plan for the future.

If you are an Edinburgh-based performing arts professional who has contributed to, benefited from or been part of our programme over the last 10 years, we'd love to hear from you. Please support us by completing our Survey, which closes on 17th April.

We have a series of in-person gatherings and individual interviews coming up soon and will circulate details of how to participate in the next few weeks.

Edinburgh Performing Arts Development has been providing support, connectivity and workspace for those involved in the performing arts in the city for 10 years. We have received funding from Creative Scotland to take stock of our work, to hear from our constituency and stakeholders about their expe

08/05/2024

Edinburgh-based performing arts creatives - you can apply now for our Supported Residencies at
Traverse Theatre, Scottish Storytelling Centre and North Edinburgh Arts. A week's paid time this Autumn. The deadline is 5pm on 27/5/24, you can find the guidance and other info on our website

EPAD’s Supported Residencies programme aims to support the creation of new work and to build connections between Edinburgh-based performing arts creatives and venues across the city. For the second round, we are offering three one-week residencies, each with a specific artform or practice developm...

03/04/2024

There are still a few places left for our 'Meet the team at....' event with Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Wednesday 17th April. Join us at the Lyceum Edinburgh from 5.30pm to 7.00pm to hear from key folk about their work at the Fringe Society, to ask questions and to enjoy some gentle networking.

We are delighted to be hosting another Meet the team at... event, our occasional series of conversations aimed at demystifying the work of the city's cultural institutions.  We invite you to join us in conversation with key members of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society team: C

24/01/2024

We've launched a paid residency programme with Assembly Roxy, Dance Base, Lyra, Summerhall and WHALE Arts as our first partners.

It's open to all professionals working in the performing arts and living in Edinburgh. You can apply now, and the closing date is on 19th February.

There'll be another round later in the year with three more partners - find out more here:

We are delighted to launch a new programme of residencies across Edinburgh for 2024 aimed at making it easier for Edinburgh-based performing artists to develop work in their own city. We are working with 8 of the city's cultural and community venues to offer 8 different weeks of paid creative deve

04/12/2023

Need marketing or communications advice for your project or your own approach to developing audiences? Want to chat with someone with promotional expertise to share? Sign up today for the last remaining Advisory meetings with the wonderful Royal Lyceum Theatre marketing team on Wednesday afternoon this week. As for all EPAD opportunities, this FREE opportunity is for performing arts professional based in Edinburgh.

Free marketing and communications advisory conversations for arts workers in Edinburgh

08/10/2023

EPAD is researching the needs of Edinburgh's artist community in relation the development of a new Community Hub run by the Edinburgh Fringe Society. Please check out our research project and complete our survey if you are a venue that hires your spaces to artists for rehearsals or meeting (or other activity) or are part of Edinburgh's artistic community, or both! Your input is invaluable to us as we work with the Fringe to ensure that a new offer is additional and complementary to the city's existing provision.

In the UK Government’s Spring 2023 budget, £7m of Capital investment was earmarked for  Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society  (EFFS).  These funds will support EFFS in achieving its long-held goals for a community-centred space and a home for their year-round services to arti

09/08/2023

If you are in need of some guided creative self-care, please join us next Wednesday 16 August at The Den at Ocean Terminal. Christine Devaney from Curious Seed will be guiding 2 creative wellbeing sessions for everyone who fancies some time out from their busy day in the company of good people. You can find out more and book at

Practical Creative Wellbeing Session with Christine Devaney of Curious Seed

09/08/2023

We are delighted to welcome our Edinburgh-based performing arts community to a day at The Den, the fabulous temporary studio base of Curious Seed Dance company in Ocean Terminal, next Wednesday 16th August. Come and join us for a cuppa and a chat, or for lunch, anytime between 11am and 5pm. You can find out more and book your slot here.https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6104310