Funding

1. New production (cannot premiere before the application deadline)
2. Adaptation/revival* of an existing performance for touring.
   In order to apply for funding for adaptation and revival, there must be a letter(s) of intent for touring and a YouTube/Vimeo link of the entire performance.

The productions must be accessible to the whole country and must be able to tour within the Cultural Rucksack, among other things.

*Adaptation: specific measures must be taken to make the performance tour-friendly.
Revival: performances that have not been performed for a while and need to be freshened up for touring, or that specific work needs to be done on the performance.

Professional performers, artists, production environments and producers in the performing arts. The productions must have professional performers. Applicants must use a separate application form; we only accept electronic applications.

Artistic

• The application must be artistically justified and should reflect on children and young people as a target group.
• It is a prerequisite that the production can be sent out on tour, including within the Cultural Rucksack, and this must be reflected in the application.
• The production should have professional performers.
  • Support is not provided for amateur theatre, preliminary projects or workshops only. Central actors behind the performance and on stage must have a professional background in the performing arts. If amateurs or actors from other art fields are used, artistic justification must be provided in the application.
• Performing arts as an artistic expression should weigh heaviest in productions that balance between several expressions.

• Applications for new productions cannot have a premiere date before the application deadline expires.
• Applications for facilitation and resumption Letter of intent(s) regarding touring must be attached. For example, an agreement within Den Kulturelle Skolesekken, DansenettNorge, a cultural center or similar.

  The tour/performance locations must primarily take place in Norway, but can be combined with performances abroad. A Vimeo/Youtube link of the entire performance must also be attached.

• Information about the applicant.
• Organization number (Brønnøysundregistret). This cannot be changed afterwards.
• Genre, target group.
  Summary of the project max 500 characters (this can be published).
• Project description max 5000 characters incl. spaces (this cannot be uploaded as an attachment, or sent by email).
• CVs for all participants (uploaded as PDF/word, cannot be sent by email). If amateurs are to be used in the production, this must be justified.
• Budget (this cannot be uploaded as an attachment)
• Expenses and income/other financing.
  NB: remember to enter the application amount! This is NOT summed up automatically.
• Miscellaneous/collaborators and the like.
• When arranging/re-recording: Vimeo/Youtube link of the entire performance, as well as a letter of intent. This is NOT required when applying for funding for a new production.
• Regarding awarded support for new production , it will not be possible to apply again with the same project in this category.

Please note that application data may be made available to researchers/used for research purposes. Data published will be in anonymized form and cannot be traced back to the applicant.

• We only accept applications submitted via the application portal.
  The application deadline is absolute and the system automatically closes at 1:00 PM on the expiration date.
  Applications that are not submitted by the deadline will be automatically deleted from the system.
• All information must accompany the electronic application, and no changes can be made to the application after the application deadline has passed. You can temporarily save along the way.
• It is not possible to send attachments or other information.
• It is the applicant's responsibility to allow sufficient time to complete and submit the application.
  Failure of your own computer equipment, problems with accessibility (network) and the like do not entitle you to resubmission.
• Only applications with a correctly completed application form and correct attachments (if required) will be considered. The applicant will automatically receive a receipt by e-mail when the application is submitted. NB! For some, this may end up in spam/junk.

Go to the application portal

• Processing of the submitted application must take place within 2 months from the current application deadline.
• The case officer reviews all applications and checks whether they meet the formal requirements.
• If the application is incomplete or missing required attachments, the case manager has the option to reject the application.
• Applications for new production are processed by a specially appointed expert committee.
• Applications for adaptation/resumption are processed by the artistic council.
• Acceptances and rejections will be sent by e-mail.
• The award list is published on scenekunstbruket .
• Applicants may appeal against the case processing, but not against the professional artistic assessment that forms the basis for the decisions of the specialist committee and artistic council.

Allocation

The allocation lists can be found here

If you receive support:

• Funds allocated to a production cannot be redistributed to other productions.
• Within 2 years of the application being granted, you must submit a payment request in the application portal. There, the applicant confirms that the amount will be used for the funds applied for.

Payout

• Allocated funds are paid out in two installments. The first installment (80%) is paid when you have submitted a payment request. The second installment (20%) is paid when you have submitted a report and the report has been approved by the case officer.
•  If more than 2 years pass from the time the applicant has been granted funds until the applicant requests the first payment, the support will lapse.
• 1 year after the first payment (80%), the premiere must take place. If there are delays for various reasons, the applicant is obliged to inform Scenekunstbruket as soon as possible.
• Submit a report once the performance has premiered, as soon as possible, and no later than 3 months. The report must be submitted via the application portal and the remaining 20% will be paid when it has been approved by Scenekunstbruket .

Report

• The applicant is obliged to report and must inform as soon as possible Scenekunstbruket if the performance/project is not carried out in accordance with the application.
  The submitted report is a prerequisite for the assessment of future applications.
  The funds may be withdrawn, as well as demands for repayment of funds already disbursed, if the applicant does not comply with their obligations.
• Awarded amounts from NOK. 200,000 must be audited (this responsibility lies with the applicant).
• The applicant must make it known on all production materials (including social media) that the performance is supported with funds from Scenekunstbruket .

The final report should not be a long dissertation, but it is important that you write briefly about how the funds have been used. Remember to attach final accounts. Please note that amounts from NOK. 200,000 must be audited (this responsibility lies with the applicant).

Here are some tips along the way:

• Was the artistic idea/vision you described in the application fulfilled? If there were major changes, why? How was the process from idea to performance? Any artistic choices that were made and why.
• Briefly about scenography/lighting/sound: how did you think and work?
• Finances: did you stay within budget, and if not, what did this mean for the performance?
• Tour: what's the plan, and do you have any specific plans?

On all production materials, including social media, the applicant must make it known that the project is supported by funding from Scenekunstbruket. You can download the logo here: 

Applications for production funding/new production are processed by a separate specialist committee.

The technical committee consists of 3 people. Efforts should be made to ensure that the committee has broad expertise and that different parts of the performing arts community are represented. Gender, background and age will also be factors in the selection process. The committee will consider applications for new projects and will also make final decisions in the cases.

The technical committee has the opportunity to obtain assessments from external expertise. The members of the expert committee serve for a period of 2 to 3 years.

The administration of Scenekunstbruket acts as secretary to the committee. Applicants may appeal against the case processing, but not against the professional artistic assessment on which the committee's decision is based.

The professional committee has the following composition in 2025:
Mariama Slåttøy, Katrine Strøm, Philipp Stengele and Idun Vik (alternate).

See the guidelines for Professional committees

Applications for adaptation/resumption are processed by Norsk scenekunstbruk in consultation with the Artistic Council.

The artistic council consists of people appointed on the basis of their expertise. Efforts will be made to ensure that members from different parts of the performing arts community are represented: the practitioner side of theater and dance, the dissemination side and academia. We will also strive for gender balance. The artistic council is appointed by the general manager in consultation with the board of Scenekunstbruket.

The artistic council has the opportunity to obtain assessments from external expertise. The members of the artistic council normally serve for 2 years.

The Artistic Council has the following composition in 2025:
Anders Karterudseter, Geir Hytten, Mariko Miyata-Jancey, Eli-Berit Lillesæter and Katja Brita Lindeberg .

Read more about the members of the Artistic Council here .