Targeted Projects

Alongside our planned programme of investment and support for South West artists, we know we always need to be responsive to different needs that go beyond the development and creation of new work. Our Targeted Projects offer bespoke support that addresses these needs across all disciplines, from writing and producing to offstage roles and beyond. 

These are some of our current projects, and some that we have run in the past.

Current projects: 

PROJEKT ELEVATE

A unique micro-commissioning scheme supporting migrant theatre makers in partnership with PROJEKT EUROPA

Pleasance Edinburgh National Partnerships

The Pleasance is working with partner theatres across the UK to identify and support exceptional artists and companies who want to take work to the Fringe.
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Producer Farm

A week-long residency for producers to develop their practice and connect with others from around the country. In partnership with Coombe Farm Studios, Dance Umbrella, Fuel & IBT

Past projects:

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Open Session

Our development programme for writers of any level of experience, based anywhere in the South West. Five writers are selected each year to received 12 months of support.
Text: Leverhulme Trust

Leverhulme Scholarships

A collaboration between Ferment and The Leverhulme Trust to offer five exceptional local artists a year-long opportunity to explore their practice with a £5,000 bursary.
Title: Jerwood Arts

Jerwood Producer Bursaries

Four new producing bursaries to enable producers to work on a programme with Ferment artists.
A composite image showing the faces of commission winners Maddie Shan, Trina Haldar and Tribe Arts leaders (Tajpal Rathore & Samran Rathore)

Naseem Khan Commissions

An ambitious initiative to support artists of colour from Curve, The Lowry and Bristol Old Vic.
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Sudden Connections

A series of multi-disciplinary digital commissions. Five South West-based artists create new pieces of work to be experienced online, that say something about who we are now and who we might be tomorrow.
A composite showing the faces of the writers Amy Bethan Evans, Lettie Precious, Naomi Obeng, Hannah Wilkin and Mich Sanderson.

Nationwide Voices

A mid-scale talent development programme for playwrights from across the country, connecting them with mid-scale theatres for support to transition their work onto main stages.
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Let Artists Be Artists

What happens if you employ an artist for a year, to just be an artist? We're a partner on Strike A Light's project exploring just that!