Are you an artist, musician, performer, or someone working in art and culture who wants to build a sustainable career and help others to flourish? Are you an organisation looking for inspiration for regeneration, community cohesion, and economic growth? International collaboration could be your answer!

Come and join Dirty Protest, Ty Pawb, and artists from Wrexham and across Wales for a day exploring international creative collaboration and partnership working opportunities between Wales and the world.

Learn from artists and programmers who are working internationally about the challenges and joys of creating work between Wales and other nations. Hear about the international opportunities for artists in Wrexham and Wales in 2026 and beyond from a range of artists and organisations taking Wales to the world.

Panel discussions will outline how you can build links with partners in other countries, find funding to take your work abroad, and how you can find new markets to build a sustainable career. Working groups will share ideas for what Wrexham and Wales can bring to the world, and how we can use opportunities like Wrecsam2029 City of Culture to support and underpin future collaboration.

The international touring landscape has changed, especially with the impacts of Brexit and the global Covid19 pandemic, but new opportunities for collaboration have risen for Wales to show our unique artistic and cultural work to the world. Come along and find out how you can be part of it.

Part of Dirty Protest’s Artist Gym. For more than 10 years, Dirty Protest has delivered collaborative projects between Wales and countries across multiple continents including Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, France, Poland, Brazil, Peru, USA, Canada, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Australia, Japan, Pakistan, and the company has toured their Wales-made theatre across the world. Guest speakers and panelists will be announced.

Register your interest and any access requirements via email info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk

Supported by Wales Arts International, Arts Council of Wales, the National Lottery, and Welsh Government.

Thursday 15th January – 11am-4pm