Submissions
ARTISTIC POLICY
Our programme is an exciting mixture of musicals, plays, opera, and more. When programming, we will give special consideration to:
- New musical theatre writing and inventive revivals,
- Work with a focus on political or historical themes,
- Work which reflects the diversity of contemporary London,
- Work which centres the experience of the communities in and around the theatre,
- Work from early-career creatives looking to make in-roads into the industry.
SUBMITTING
Regardless of the extent to which your project fits the above criteria, we are always happy to hear from people who are looking to put on a show.
Step One: Confirm that our availability aligns with yours.
Step Two: Complete our Submission Form.
We review every submission that arrives and will get in touch if we would like to discuss further. As a very small team, we are regrettably unable to offer individual feedback on every submission we receive.
Please note that we are not currently accepting proposals for in-house productions and will only consider submissions with producers already attached (including self-produced work) and, occasionally, with a co-producer model.
We understand that every project develops differently, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t have in-depth responses to all of the questions. We just ask that you include as much information as possible to give us a good sense of your work
DEVELOPMENT
We regularly programme workshops, scratch performances, rehearsed readings, and host R&D for works-in-progress.
If you’re interested in using the space to develop your work, then please send us an email including some information about you and the project.
INVITATIONS
We’re always grateful to receive invitations to shows at any stage of development.
As a very small team, we are sadly unable to attend everything we’re invited to. To increase the likelihood that we’ll be able to come, please give us as much advance notice as possible and outline briefly why you’d like someone from Upstairs at the Gatehouse specifically to see your work.