As a commitment to nurturing artists we provide a number of fellowships and residencies.

Apply today for the 2026 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Fellowship!

Applications for the 2026 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship are now open!

The Balnaves Foundation and Belvoir St Theatre are committed to supporting new work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander theatre artists.

This Fellowship is open to both playwrights to write a new play and to directors or writer/directors that can lead the creation of an Indigenous led new stage work, whether that be a new play, an adaptation or through a devised process. It also includes an invitation to have a voice in Belvoir’s artistic decision-making processes.

The Fellowship provides the Fellow the opportunity to work in at Belvoir for as a resident artist to create their work, subject to negotiation with the Fellow’s availability and location.

• Term: 2 years part-time
• Salary: A full commission fee plus a part time artistic salary to be designed and allocated in accordance with the Fellow’s availability across the two-year residency.
• Location: Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills (NSW)
• Start date: January 2026
• Deadline: 6pm (AEST), Friday 10 November 2025

The platform that the Balnaves Fellowship has created for me has really helped expand my vision as a theatre maker, and has given me access to some of strongest creatives in the country. I’ve been able to participate in creative discussions and observe rehearsal room processes that, as an actor, I would normally not have access to. An opportunity like this is rare and I would strongly recommend to any mob out there looking to level up on their artistic journey.
– Guy Simon, 2023 Balnaves Fellow

How To Apply:

Download the expression of interest submission form and the guidelines from below to start your application, or email [email protected] to request these documents be sent to you.

Applications must include:

• A completed expression of interest form;
• A current resume (maximum 2 pages);
• An outline of your motivation for applying, and how the Fellowship might be of benefit, and what areas of the company’s operations are of interest to participate in and experience. For example, literary/dramaturgy, play-reading, programming, rehearsal, production (maximum 1 page);
• An outline of the new work you are proposing (maximum 5 pages). Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions in the guidelines document for more information on what we encourage you to include in your outline/pitch;
• If applying as a playwright or writer/director, a sample of your writing (minimum 5 – maximum 20 pages). Writing samples could include an excerpt from a full-length play, a short play, poetry, songs, or prose in any genre. The excerpt does not have to be from the work you are proposing; 
• If applying as a director, footage, stills and/or reviews of your work (maximum 15 minutes).

CRITERIA

• Applicants must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent;
• Applicants may submit one expression of interest only per round;
• Applicants are asked to nominate if they are applying as a playwright or as a director or writer/director;
• Previously selected Balnaves Fellowship recipients cannot apply the year after they have been selected, or while their commission is still in process.

ASSESSMENT

• The panel will be comprised of the current Balnaves Fellow, Indigenous artistic leaders and Belvoir Artistic & Programming staff.
• Applicants who are shortlisted will be required to attend a remote meeting with the panel
• The full panel and the Belvoir Artistic Director will decide the Fellowship recipient.

The Balnaves Foundation have been supporting Belvoir St Theatre to deliver this program for over a decade, and we thank the Balnaves Foundation for supporting this program and for championing Indigenous-led theatre-making here at Belvoir St Theatre.

Recipients

2025 – Hannah Belanszky
2023 – Guy Simon
2022 – Dalara Williams
2021 – Thomas Weatherall
2020 – Jorjia Gillis
2019 – Nathan Maynard
2018 – Kodie Bedford
2017 – Megan Wilding
2016 – Ursula Yovich
2015 – Katie Beckett
2014 – Leah Purcell
2013 – Jada Alberts
2012 – Nakkiah Lui

Belvoir invites applications for the 2026 Andrew Cameron Fellow.

This Fellowship is a unique Artistic Associate role at Belvoir, created through the generosity of Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron. Since 2017, it has nurtured emerging artistic leaders, offering hands-on experience at the heart of one of Australia’s leading theatre companies.

The Fellow works closely with Belvoir’s Artistic and Programming team, gaining practical experience across directing, creative development, programming, and company leadership. It is an opportunity to develop your artistic practice, engage with the sector, and contribute to the future of theatre in Australia.

• Term: One–two years (with an unpaid two-month slot out each year for external projects)
• Salary: $52,000 + superannuation, annual and sick leave
• Location: Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills (NSW)
• Start date: 5 January 2026 (full-time availability required 16 Feb – 1 Apr 2026)
• Deadline: 5pm (AEST), Friday 17 October 2025

Belvoir is committed to supporting the development of artists who face structural barriers in accessing these opportunities. As part of the experience of working within Belvoir’s Artistic and Programming Team, the Fellow will also be offered mentorship by Artistic Associates and the Producing team to ensure they have appropriate structures of support. 

Applications from First Nations, Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse, d/Deaf or hard of hearing, Disabled, Neurodiverse, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTIQA+) artists are encouraged.

How to Apply
– Submit a cover letter (max 2 pages) and CV addressing your creative leadership experience and suitability for the role.
– Applications should be sent to [email protected].
– Full details and selection criteria are available in the Andrew Cameron Fellowship Information Pack.

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The Associates Program is a capacity-building initiative for the Associate, Assistant and Observing Artists working across the annual Belvoir season, works in development, as well creative artists making their mainstage debut.

It includes a stream focused on POC participants delivered in collaboration with Co-Curious (lead by Belvoir Artistic Associate S. Shakthidharan and Belvoir Producer Zainab Syed).

The program sees these artists attached to mainstage productions or creative developments, mentored by senior artists and the company’s Artistic Associates. They are also invited to become a part of a community of affiliated artists comprised of directors, designers, playwrights, dramaturgs, stage managers and more. These associate artists are empowered to create their own pathway through the program via a series of curated opportunities that they can pick and choose from. This includes tickets to shows, invites to talks and masterclasses and show observation when available.

Our new Associates Program will be run by our Resident Directors Carissa Licciardello and Hannah Goodwin, and Producer Zainab Syed.

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