NRTF - Promoting Professional Arts with Rural Communities

The National Rural Touring Forum is the organisation that represents a number of mainly rural touring schemes and rural arts development agencies across England and Wales. Our touring scheme members work with local communities to promote high quality arts events and experiences in local venues.

National Rural Touring Forum Annual Conference will take place from Wednesdsay 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010 at the University of Essex Colchester and the Lakeside Theatre.

The NRTF conference is the must see event for all those interested in professional arts with rural and other communities. Please make sure you have the date in your diary.

We aim to attract representatives from touring schemes throughout the UK plus international producers and practitioners and other organisations and individuals interested in rural and community touring.

This years conference will focus on new networking opportunities for rural touring including music, village fetes,commissioning, new writing for rural touringand young promoter schemes amongst other topics and will offer 3 days of discussion, debate, networking and entertainment.

Following on from the successful International Village of Culture conference we hope to welcome delegations from Canada and Sweden.

There will be showcase performances and extracts by artists from Italy, Canada and USA plus companies based in the Eastern and South Eastern regions of the UK.

The programme is now being finalised and the full programme and booking details will be available from the beginning of May. For more information and to join the conference mailing list please email admin@nrtf.org.ukand get the dates in your diary now.

NRTF's latest information leaflet about rural touring "The Art of Rural Touring" is available to download click here.

NRTF has a new information leaflet available for companies and performers which explains how the NRTF website can help you find out more about rural touring and get in touch with the touring schemes. Click here to download the leaflet.

NRTF's latest publication Eyes Wide Open - a practical guide to rural touring for companies and performers - is now available. Click here for more information.

The NRTF's International Village of Culture Conference "IVOC" took place at the end of March beginning of April 2009. Click here to go to the IVOC part of the website where you will find a video, evaluation reports, informal feedback and other information related to our "International Village of Culture" project.

The NRTF is delighted to be part of A Night Less Ordinary an Arts Council England scheme in association with Metro, which will provide 618,000 free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 in more than 200 venues across England. The NRTF members taking part in this scheme include Creative Arts East, LiveLincs Rural Touring, Take Art, Carn to Cove, Arts Alive and Highlights.

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