Announcement
Watergate Gateways Bursary
Wed 12 Mar 2025
The Watergate is excited to announce the Watergate Gateways Bursary.
Watergate Gateways Bursary is open to artists living in, or from Kilkenny City or County. The bursary will support a total of 5 Artists and applications are welcomed from artists across all artistic disciplines.
Successful applicants will receive:
- Bursary funding up to €3000.
Up to €3000 worth of support in kind as follows:
- Development time in the theatre.
- 1 day / night in the theatre for a performance, work in progress showing or reading.
- Rehearsal and work space.
- Mentorship from Watergate production, marketing and tech team.
- Technical support for performance or showing of work in progress.
- In partnership with Watergate marketing department sharing of stories and insights about work as it develops.
Through our new Gateways Bursary the Watergate aims to support Kilkenny based artists and invest in new work as well as expanding our community of artists. At Watergate we believe in the collective power of artists and the arts sector to strengthen communities. Through the Gateways Bursary we aim to connect with artists in the early stages of their careers and/or with established artists with the seed of a new idea. We see this as an investment in our community and an important connection to the development of new work across all artistic disciplines.