HOW WE PROGRAMME

Our programming meetings are held once a week, consisting of our Artistic Director, Executive Director, Literary Team, our Learning & Participation Producer and our Marketing Manager. There, we look at each submission with the aim to decide on whether it’s a production in line with our artistic programme or if we would be keen to contribute to its development. Some of our discussion is based on the following 3 factors.  

  • Artistic Content: Story, Themes, Resonance of today, how it aligns with our programme.  
  • Development: Is it ready for production, R&D, part of Engine Room. 
  • Producibility: Cast size, set, venue choice, marketing and PR campaigns, plans for funding or already attached.  

We aim to respond within 8 weeks, if you don’t hear from us then please do nudge! 

If we think the submission is at a good stage of development and identifies with our artistic vision, then we will respond with a view to take your submission further.  

If a submission isn’t taken forward, then we respond with the option to offer dramaturgical feedback to artists. If you would like feedback on the script, please specify in your submission.  

If you would like to submit work to our programme, then please complete the submission form.  

SUBMISSIONS

PROGRAMMING SUBMISSION FORM – HERE

Please complete the submission form to tell us about your project. This helps us understand what your project is and what kind of slot you would like to have as part of our programme. In this form, you will be asked:

Name of main contact Email Phone Name of artist/company Show title Show description – Tell us about your show. Be sure to include a synopsis/overview and any production history. (500) Who is involved – Include a short biography of the company or artist, as well as details about any partners or collaborators. (250) Plans for funding – Please include details of confirmed or expected funding. (150) Why Omnibus – What is it about Omnibus Theatre’s programme that you feel aligns with your submission? (200) 

EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW – SUBMISSION FORM HERE
If you have a show you’d like to preview at Omnibus Theatre before going to the Edinburgh Fringe, then fill out the above form and we’ll be in touch if we have a suitable slot.

Invite the Omnibus Theatre team to your performance – here

If you have a show you’d like to invite us along to, then fill out the above form and we’ll do our best to make it. If we are able to attend your show, we will email you confirming attendance.

RESIDENT COMPANY 

Moongate is our resident company. Founded by actors/creatives and advocates Jennifer Lim and Daniel York Loh, Moongate aims to create high-quality challenging work that bursts out of the “cultural niche” box and propels East Asians into the mainstream of British media by being sharp, funny, edgy, and relevant.

1 to 3 Week Runs

The Overcoat by Scandal and Gallows Theatre

Our core programme of theatre productions presented in our main Studio Theatre space with shows running from one to three weeks. We are looking for:

– Classic tales reimagined for contemporary audiences

– Adaptations

– Relevant and topical new writing which challenges perceptions

Festivals

Drag Me To Love by Bonnie and The Bonnettes

96 Festival is a glittering line-up of artists that set up camp at Omnibus Theatre for a spectacular celebration of queerness and theatre. The majority of performances in our festival run for 1 – 3 nights, with a couple of headline shows running for 1 – 3 weeks. 96 Festival runs from June – July.

Engine Room

No Shaming by Sumah Richardson

Engine Room is an opportunity for theatre makers test out 20 minutes of their work-in-progress shows. Participating artists also receive free rehearsal space and dramaturgical support.. The scheme runs twice a season.

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Edinburgh Previews

Wondr by Metta Theatre

We hold two weeks of Edinburgh Fringe previews every July, ahead of the festival. We offer slots of one to three nights.