BUZZ Network
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Cooperation Projects
Scotland
2019
Total project grant (euros)
198,210
Sub-programme
Culture
Funding scheme
Creative Europe
Call number
EACEA 34/2018
Location
Edinburgh
Number of partners in project
5
Lead organisation
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Partners
BRONKS Jeugdtheater, Belgium
National Association for Youth Drama, Ireland
Rogaland Teater AS, Norway
Theater Bremen/ Junge Akteure, Germany
BUZZ Network is a 3-year project which enables 5 European partners to share and develop best practice in Youth Theatre across Europe for the first time. They will host 7 specialist Labs for Artists and Cultural Leaders in Scotland,Ireland, Norway, Belgium and Germany and 5 strategic Network Development meetings. These exchanges will engage 116 professionals from over 20 European countries.
The Partners will undertake the first ever mapping research of Youth Theatre across Europe which identifies sector-leading venues and practice and will create a new website portal which increases awareness of cross-border opportunities and solidarity for over 28,5000 European Youth Theatre participants and professionals. By delivering BUZZNetwork's activities, the Partners will help cross-pollinate Europe’s Youth Theatre sectors with knowledge, skills, contacts and resources and establish a new pan-European network of Youth Theatre collaboration and development for the sector.
Objectives:
- Increasing knowledge and awareness of Youth Theatre practice and structures across Europe.
- Defining, exploring and sharing leading Youth Theatre practice between partners and across Europe.
- Developing the artistic practice of Youth Theatre Artists and Cultural Leaders, broadening their networks, and increasing their professional confidence of working at a European level.
- Enabling young people from partner countries to be exposed to and work with professionals from other European countries.
- Youth Theatre practice from partner countries benefits as a result of the project activities.
- Establishing a network model for exchange and mobility of Youth Theatre Artists and Cultural Leaders that can be expanded across Europe.
- Increasing the visibility and positioning of youth theatre as a professional sector, internationally recognised practice and artform that is key to arts policy and provision.





