Member Resources

Theatre Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a full portfolio of services to our members.


Professional Theatre Training

The following Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions and arts organizations offer training/certification in the theatre arts:


Funding

For information on funding offered through Theatre Nova Scotia, please visit Awards and Scholarships.

Arts Nova Scotia

Arts Nova Scotia is the provincial funding agency that provides support to professional artists and arts organizations, arts education programs and a number of arts awards and prizes.

Visit the Arts Nova Scotia site

Nova Scotia Department of Communities Culture & Heritage

The Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage is responsible for contributing to the well-being and prosperity of Nova Scotia’s diverse and creative communities through the promotion, development, preservation and celebration of our culture, heritage, identity and languages; and, by providing leadership, expertise and innovation to our stakeholders.

Visit the Communities Culture & Heritage site

Support 4 Culture

Support4Culture is a new collection of programs that support arts, culture, and heritage in communities across Nova Scotia. Funds are raised through the sale of designated ticket lottery products via the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation, and the programs are managed by the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage and Arts Nova Scotia.

Visit the Support 4 Culture site

Canada Council for the Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.

Call 1-800-263-5588 or visit the Canada Council site

Halifax Culture & Heritage

The Municipality offers a number of opportunities ranging from cultural partnership opportunities, to professional and volunteer opportunities. The municipality often requests proposals for culture-related initiatives. These include feasibility and needs assessment studies, reviews, inventories, discussion papers, public art commissions, specialized consulting services, and employment opportunities.

Visit the Halifax Culture & Heritage Site

Canadian Heritage

Canadian Heritage and its portfolio organizations play a vital role in the cultural, civic and economic life of Canadians. Arts, culture and heritage represent $54.6 billion in the Canadian economy and more than 630,000 jobs in sectors such as film and video, broadcasting, music, publishing, archives, performing arts, heritage institutions, festivals and celebrations.

Atlantic Region, 1-866-811-0055 or visit the Canadian Heritage site

Canada Summer Jobs

CSJ is an initiative that helps students gain the skills and experience they need to be successful, now and in the future, while earning money for the upcoming school year.  It also helps non-profit organizations and employers create much-needed summer job opportunities for students while increasing the capacity of so many worthwhile community organizations and strengthening local economies and communities.

Visit the Service Canada site.

Cultural Human Resources Council

The Youth Internship Program (YIP), offered through CHRC in partnership with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (Career Focus) and the Department of Canadian Heritage (Career Focus – Building Careers in Heritage) provides opportunities for non-profit, public and for-profit arts and heritage organizations to hire emerging cultural workers for a 4 to 12-month full-time internship. It also helps post-secondary graduates to obtain career-related work opportunities in culture to gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

Lucie D’Aoust, 613-562-1535 ext.21 or visit the CHRC site


Rentals

Theatre Nova Scotia offers rentals of a scrim and a projector. To see when those items have been booked, please view the calendar below. To confirm availability and book, please contact the office.

Scrim

The scrim is 20×30 feet and does not come with hardware. It is available to TNS members to rent out at a rate $25 weekly plus a $250 deposit.

Projector

The projector is available free to use for under one week to TNS members with a $250 deposit. After the initial week, it will be available to rent out at a rate of $25 per week.

Please contact the Theatre Nova Scotia office to book or for more information regarding rentals at 902-425-3876 or email theatrens[at]theatrens.ca.


Office Services

Theatre Nova Scotia members have access to the following office services:

  • Photocopying and printing in black & white, colour, regular & oversized paper or bring your own paper
  • Paper cutter, stapler, three hole punch
  • Fax machine
  • Meeting space in the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia boardroom or main space
  • Support and feedback on member initiatives

TNS Photocopy Rates + 15% HST on the total amount.

For more information and pricing on office services and or to arrange meeting space or an appointment, please contact the office at theatrens[at]theatrens.ca or 902-425-3876.

 

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TNS acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. We recognize the heritage of this land and its people to express gratitude to those who reside here, and to honour the Indigenous people who have lived and worked on this land historically and presently.

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