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title: "Artist Opportunity Spotlight - Newcastle Puppetry Festival 2027"
organization: "Newcastle Puppetry Festival"
category: open_call
deadline: 2026-05-24
valid_through: 2026-05-24
countries: ["GB"]
disciplines: ["theatre"]
location: "Newcastle, England"
entry_fee: "Free"
award: "All selected artists are paid, with travel, food, and accommodation covered. Applicants will be asked to provide a fee quote."
eligibility: "Open to artists worldwide. The festival particularly welcomes applications from disabled artists, Global Majority artists, and artists from working-class backgrounds. If applying from outside Europe, consider seeking local touring or mobility funding."
source_url: "https://www.unima.org.uk/p/artist-opportunity-spotlight"
canonical: "https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/artist-opportunity-spotlight-newcastle-puppetry-festival-2027-newcastle--ab69470c"
status: closed
last_updated: 2026-04-27T05:56:12.268095
---
# Artist Opportunity Spotlight - Newcastle Puppetry Festival 2027

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**Organization**: Newcastle Puppetry Festival
**Category**: open_call
**Deadline**: 2026-05-24
**Location**: Newcastle, England
**Country code(s)**: GB
**Discipline(s)**: theatre
**Entry fee**: Free
**Award**: All selected artists are paid, with travel, food, and accommodation covered. Applicants will be asked to provide a fee quote.
**Eligibility**: Open to artists worldwide. The festival particularly welcomes applications from disabled artists, Global Majority artists, and artists from working-class backgrounds. If applying from outside Europe, consider seeking local touring or mobility funding.

## Description

The Newcastle Puppetry Festival 2027 is inviting applications from artists and companies working across puppetry and related forms. The festival is scheduled for prospective dates between 3rd and 11th April 2027. They are looking for indoor stage shows (adults & teens, children & families), early years performances, outdoor walkabout acts, outdoor shows, cabaret acts & sideshow oddities, masterclasses & workshops, and other puppetry-led work and creative experiments. Focus areas include puppetry, object theatre, stop motion, kinetic art, and automata. All selected artists will be paid, and travel, food, and accommodation will be covered. The opportunity is open to artists worldwide, with a particular welcome for disabled artists, Global Majority artists, and artists from working-class backgrounds. The application deadline is Sunday 24th May 2026, 11:59pm (UK time).

## Apply / Verify

- Official source: https://www.unima.org.uk/p/artist-opportunity-spotlight
- OpenCall Radar listing: https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/artist-opportunity-spotlight-newcastle-puppetry-festival-2027-newcastle--ab69470c