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. 

What's new?

New Directions... The 2012 NRTF showcase festival. 
On 15th and 16th June 2012 the NRTF will host the first of a new bi-annual showcase festival at Warwick Arts Centre.  China Plate will curate a programme of work over 2 days showcasing a range of entertaining, surprising and stimulating performance made for the curious and characterised by a spirit of adventure. 

Find out who's performing and when:

Click here to browse the schedule

Choose the above to link through to the blog for more artist information.

Click here to download the schedule.

Full time places include meals/refreshments/accommodation and entry to all showcases and performances and cost just £240.

Day time only places are also available and include meals/refreshments and entry to all showcases and cost just £80.

Book your places:

Booking is now open! Click here to book your place on line - pay by credit card or by invoice.

Who's booked in already?

Bookings are going well and we have very few places still available click here to browse the delegate list so far.

 NRTF is supported by Arts Council England - www.artscouncil.org.uk

 

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Keep your eye on and click this link to the NRTF Blog  or NRTF Youtube for notes and films and rural touring updates.

 

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

Information for Performers:
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.

NRTF is about to re-develop its website and as part of the re-development is introducing a new associate membership strand especially for companies and performers with an interest in rural touring. When the website is launched in June companies and performers will be able to join NRTF and be in touch with developments in rural touring activity.

 

The NRTF's conference 2011 "Extending the Reach" took place in Caerleon, Newport, Wales in July 2011. 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.

In 2009, five northern touring networks commissioned two pieces of new work for rural communities, involving Uk and international partners,  as part of the NRTF International Villages of Culture project. This video gives an insight into their northern tours, and how rural touring really works for artists, audiences and communities.  Click here for the video

 Click here for our latest news from the NRTF