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LAS is there to help Gaelic artists take a step forward with a new theatre project. With the support of our team, and a budget for expenses, artists spend time developing an idea for a new theatre piece.The scheme is open to different forms and styles of project – from a new script, children’s work, music for theatre, dance and more – as long as it is aimed at a live audience at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025 we added Lasag to this development scheme, for earlier stage ideas, which may not be quite ready for Las. It gives them a small budget to do some research or consideration to take their idea forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important that artists are given the opportunity to try new things, play with ideas and work out what might happen with them. Maybe you will even see these projects on stage one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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GO TO THE OPPORTUNITY PAGE <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Deadline for applications: 10am, Thursday 15th January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Las scheme is currently supporting:<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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David Walker – The Sound of Iron<\/strong>
Research and writing about the true story of M\u00e0iri, who came to work in Glasgow driving cranes during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robbie MacLeod – Hinba<\/strong>
The next stage of development to rewrite a play about an island that has emerged among the Outer Hebrides due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angus MacLeod – Annag Christie<\/strong>
A new version of Eugene O’Neill’s play, moving the drama from the Ame<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Through the Lasag scheme we are supporting:<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Catriona Murray<\/strong>
Research for a new play about the New York Highlands in the 1920s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhiannon Ledwell<\/strong>
Development of a performance that weaves together Gaelic music, stories and songs from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin O\u2019Connor & Chloe Shimmin<\/strong>
Development for workshops with primary school children in Glasgow and the Isle of Man, to build connections between the two communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Artists and projects that have previously received support from the Las scheme:<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Calum MacLeod<\/strong>
A new theatre piece based on the story of the Megantic Outlaw, but told through the eyes of a female bounty hunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e9irdre N\u00ed Mhath\u00fana – Tairm fo Sg\u00e0il<\/strong>
Playing with drama, sound, poetry and video to bring the voices of Gaelic women singers to life for a modern audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DS Murray<\/strong>
To expand on a play about the life and death of Donald MacKinnon, who was captain of the clipper \u2018Taeping\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin MacIntyre – Bampot Joe<\/strong>
A new play about Joe, his bilingualism and how he comes to terms with his differences in each language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kat Siebert<\/strong>
A play set in a future where Gaelic is the main language of Scotland. The story explores issues of immigration and identity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>