Supported Artists

Each year Offbeat supports emerging artists with funding to develop new work and bring it to the stage. Supported artist also get free access to a series of development workshops to help them build skills and take the next steps in their careers.  

2024

In 2024 our supported artists received £1,000 to help develop their show, a guaranteed performance slot in the 2024 festival programme, a £500 preformance fee, free places on all our professional development workshops, and additional support from the Offbeat team.

Our 2024 supported artists were: 

2023

In 2023, Offbeat offered five seed-funding pots to Oxfordshire artists to develop their work.

2022

In 2022, Offbeat gave seed funding grants of £1000 to five Oxfordshire artists, to work on a specific project.

2019

In 2019, Offbeat offered a programme of support for six artists, all at early stages of their careers.

Each artist was given tailored support in dramaturgy, marketing, travel, accommodation and technical theatre – and each had three performances at the festival to develop audiences and work on their show.

There was spoken word and music from Channie B, a VR experience from Electrick Village, a poetic play from Rowan Padmore. Thomas Page Dances brought an intimate dance duet, Plaster Cast created a radically queer dance party, and Ashanti Wheeler-Artwell presented her first one-woman show.