‘Student Pick’ which is an open call out to The University of Derby students. We operate three different groups/sessions Internal programming group, made up of a cross section of staff from across the organisation. Send information to Artistic Director (Sarah Brigham) and Senior Producer (Stuart Allen) consider if the work is appropriate to our programme policyģ. Our Learning Theatre Programming Groups consider the work on offer and the overall programme. The process of getting a date for your show at Derby Theatreġ. Technical specifications available on request. Studio capacity - 80 or 110 (dependant on stage depth required) We often programme our family friendly work on Saturdays and Sundays. Please note we generally only programme the Studio Friday – Sunday, as during the week we use the space for learning activity. Our Main Auditorium is usually programmed for split or full weeks. Autumn (Sept-Nov), programming decisions by end of March (Autumn 2020 studio programming delayed until end of April) Summer (May-July), programming decisions by end of October Spring (Jan-Apr), programming decsions by end of July We programme our Studio one season at a time, with a guide timeline of:

Brochure deadlines are available upon request. We normally programme two to three seasons in advance so, for instance, during Summer we are programming Spring season and so on. If the work is in a development phase, do invite us and we'll do our best to attend If you have footage to share with us please send us a link. We prefer to see the work before programming, or at least know the company’s previous work. Please consider if possible images, video, copy, preferred tour dates, your creative team, press or industry accolades, technical information, scale of show and other information we should know about. Please send all programming enquiries to should include as much information as possible to help us in our decision making. This page will offer you guidance on the best way to send us information and how we will let you know if we are able to programme your show. As you can imagine, we get many enquiries from companies wanting to bring their work to our Main Auditorium and Studio spaces, so it is a hugely competitive process. Thank you for your interest in bringing your show to Derby Theatre.

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