Call-out for Lead Artists – Residency at Eden Court, Inverness
2 – 13 February 2026
Deadline: 1pm, Mon 13 October 2025
Fee: £1,450
In partnership with Eden Court

What is Rough Mix?
Rough Mix is a paid creative lab for practising artists from any discipline. Developed and run by Magnetic North, a theatre company that specialises in creating new work and encouraging multi-art form approaches, this will be the 15th edition of this unique programme.

Who can apply?
They are looking for lead artists who:
● Have a significant track-record of making work professionally (in any art form) and have had their work produced, performed or exhibited over a period of at least five years (these do not need to be consecutive)
● Are looking to develop a new idea or approach in a multi-art form environment
● Are based in Scotland – priority will be given to artists based in the Highlands and Islands.

There will be a separate opportunity for Collaborating Artists and Performers to apply from the 27 October 2025, which will be tailored in response to the needs of the selected lead artists.

How does it work?
Rough Mix brings together a small, carefully selected group of artists from different art forms – for example, theatre, dance, music, film and visual arts – for a two-week lab. Lead Artists each bring to the lab an idea or starting point for a project, or a new approach they are interested in exploring. During the course of the lab, the lead artists have dedicated time to work on their own idea as well as the opportunity to observe and collaborate with others. They can work with the ensemble of performers, have access to space to work in, materials to work with, and, perhaps most importantly, each other. The lab ends with a public sharing of the work that is developed. Rough Mix will take place at Eden Court in Inverness. Sessions will run from 10am-5pm each day, Monday to Friday, with an evening sharing in the venue on Fri 13 February 2026.

Lead artists are paid a fee of £1,450. If you live more than 25 miles from Eden Court they will also pay travel costs and, where appropriate, provide accommodation.

Full information about the residency and how to apply is available at the Magnetic North website:
https://www.magneticnorth.org.uk/images/docs/RM_2026_Lead_Artist_callout_B.pdf

For further information, please contact artistdevelopment@magneticnorth.org.uk or visit https://www.magneticnorth.org.uk/images/docs/RM_2026_Lead_Artist_callout_B.pdf