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To mark our first year, we chose to support two artists. Each will receive £1,200 and a year of mentorship with Cardboard Adventures, supporting their development as theatre designers and theatre makers working across UK theatre, stage design, prop making and theatrical craft.

This year we are proud to support Min Gilby (@shuftiearts ), an exceptional prop maker who has been working professionally for two years after training at the @watermilltheatre through the Careers in the Arts programme. Their application spoke honestly about the realities of working as a disabled artist and outlined how this support will help create a more accessible and sustainable workspace for theatre making.

We are also delighted to support Eve Wilson (@evewilson.design) a recent graduate of the @rwcmd . Eve is a talented theatre designer and maker committed to developing work collaboratively in rehearsal rooms with fellow creatives. Like many early-career artists, she highlighted the often unseen costs of travel and accommodation that come with building a freelance career in theatre. We hope this award creates more space for her to continue developing her practice.

We received an extraordinary number of applications from emerging artists, designers, prop makers, scenic artists and theatre makers across the UK. Reading them was a genuine privilege. Choosing two recipients felt like the right way to recognise that talent and invest in the craft and making that bring theatre productions to life.

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