We invite local arts & culture professionals to participate in international networking via attendance at showcases, conferences and seminars. This is done either in the UK or within our region of West Europe and North America. The showcases or events we focus on each year are selected specifically for their strategic relevance to our work in-country and where we are keen to offer market development for arts professionals. Some of these events are organised by the British Council or by partner organisations in the UK and elsewhere.

Edinburgh Showcase Every other year the British Council invites over two hundred international promoters and producers to a showcase of new British drama held during the Edinburgh Fringe and International festivals. Dutch performing arts promoters and producers are invited on a first-come-first-served basis as demand for the limited available places in previous years has been high. The ltest edition took place 20-25 August 2007; download the programme.

British Dance Edition This biannual contemporary dance showcase enables UK dance companies and UK and international promoters to meet each other in one city over an intensive 3-day programme. The event is hosted every two years by one of the nine UK National Dance Agencies, the last edition was in February 2006 in Leeds.

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design In the visual arts we organise several showcases around existing international contemporary art show. In October 2005 we worked with a group of international curators visiting the Frieze Art Fair and British Art Show, in October 2006 with the Liverpool Biennial.

Contacting the World Contact Theatre Manchester is one of the UK’s leading organisations creating work for and by young people. Every two years an international theatre twinning exchange is set-up to devise new productions for and by young people, shown in one week in July. This year’s event includes a professional development for creative arts practitioners working with young people.

Other showcase events not yet listed here include the Cambridge Seminar for literature

Please contact us if you would like more details on participating in the international craft curators showcase or if you would like to be kept informed of future showcases.