Eleven Brabant performing-arts partners join forces to help makers grow artistically and professionally.
Makers who are part of PLAN aren’t carried by a single organisation but by eleven. Stages, festivals, residency houses and production hubs actively choose to commit to a maker. That makes PLAN a strong quality framework: eleven partners standing behind a maker, thinking along and supporting their work.
PLAN gives growth a stage. Not by shaping makers, but by making room to discover who they are and where they want to go. A place where experiment is fed, and where makers get the time to develop a signature of their own — supported by eleven organisations that actively commit to them.
PLAN supports makers in two ways: through the broedplaatsen and through the three-year PLAN trajectory.
In Breda, Tilburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Eindhoven the PLAN partners host broedplaatsen — residency hubs — where makers get the space to research, experiment and develop new work. They’re places to take first steps, try out ideas and meet partners from the network. Each city gives its own colour to this, creating a diverse landscape in which makers experience different ways of working and partners get to know new makers.
Each year PLAN selects two to three makers for a three-year trajectory in which bespoke development is central. No fixed format — a trajectory that moves with the maker’s questions, ambitions and pace. Each maker works with a lead mentor and is carried by the full network, with the goal of developing a signature voice and a sustainable practice.
PLAN consists of eleven partners across Breda, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg. Together they form a wide infrastructure for talent development in the performing arts.
Inside the network each partner has its own role. Some organisations offer space for experiment and stand at the start of a development. Others guide makers towards production, presentation and a wider audience. That combination is exactly what allows makers within PLAN to develop across the full width.
Behind the scenes the partners are in constant conversation. They challenge each other, share knowledge and sharpen their lens. That keeps the network engaged, critical and in motion.
Makers are nominated by one of the eleven partners. First get to know the partner that best fits your work.
A selection committee from the network reviews the partners’ nominations annually and chooses two or three makers whose question aligns with what the network can offer.
Three years gives makers the room to move past first experiments, develop a signature and build a sustainable practice.
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