The first wave of the UK in Japan 2019-20 programme has been announced by British Council, with more activity planned for the full year starting in September 2019.
The programme includes highlights from BBC Proms Japan, BFI and National FIlm Archive of Japan, British Library, Jason Bruges Studiuo, Graeae Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre, Scottish Ensemble and Anna Meredith, The Royal Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra and more.
The place to be every August is Edinburgh. Both the Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Fringe are a vast collection of UK and overseas talent in performing arts across all its forms, both traditional and innovative or original.
Radar Sofia and Drama Pact are offering the chance for a theatremaker to spend time in Sofia meeting theatre operators for future partnerships and joint projects.
The open call is for playwrights, dramaturges, performers and theatremakers who are about to start work or are already working on a project that will benefit from a creative stay in Sofia, draw from its local area, involve Bulgarian theatre makers or could benefit the area / could be presented in Sofia in the future. The terms are:
2019 sees 28 New Zealand companies at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with many festival favourites returning : Scotland’s favourite New Zealand showband, Modern Māori Quartet return with two very different shows; A Slightly Isolated Dog take on the Edinburgh inspired novella Jekyll and Hyde; Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan, the team behind the acclaimed Power Ballad at Summerhall, return with a new performance work exploring gender and sexual politics; Java Dance once again
Manchester International Festival 2019 continues its diverse and expansive programme with the premiere of grime superstar Skepta's DYSTOPIA987 installation on 17–18 July 2019.
Manchester International Festival will take over the city centre of one of the UK's most creative and inspiring places with a vast programme of the best in UK and international arts, collaboration and curation.
The lineup, which takes place 4-23 July, is a daring selection of diverse works, including world premieres and unique collaborations.
British Council has announced the artists-in-residence for the first-ever at Ise Jingu, the spiritual home of the Japanese people.
The artists are:
Connect for Creativity will bring artists from the Greece, Serbia, Turkey and the UK together for art and technology residencies to create new work.
The open call wants artists who:
Up to £3,000 is available for UK musicians and professionals wanting to develop and perform work in Russia for British Council's UK-Russia Year of Music 2019 programme.
The funding is open to "individual musicians and professionals (e.g. composers, conductors, performers, librettists, sound artists, event producers) who have an existing interest in or contact with Russia, and who have a strong project idea that funding would help them to fulfil."
The Creative Industries Council has revealed its 50 Ones To Watch in a new report published at the Createch 2019 conference, part of London Tech Week, on Tuesday 11 June 2019. Included in the 50 are Culture Diary members Marshamallow Laser Feast, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Shakespeare Company
The report features four main growth opportunities where creative skills interact with artificial intelligence, mixed reality and other forms of technology:
