Split Screen

Step into the future of performance! This pioneering programme explores how Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are reshaping theatre, dance, music, and live performance. Whether you're an artist, performer, technician, educator, or creative producer, Split Screen empowers you to experiment, innovate, and tell stories in entirely new ways.

Split Screen is led by the RCS Innovation Studio in partnership with Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, Citizens Theatre, CodeBase, Techscaler, Creative Glasgow, and anam creative, and supported by the Scottish Government's Ecosystem Fund.

Key Info

• Duration: 5 days.
• Dates: 15, 29 January and 5, 24 & 25 February 2026.
• Location: Glasgow, Glue Factory and Civic House.
• Cohort size: 40 participants.
• 15 spaces were allocated to participants from project partner organisations.
• 25 spaces were filled by freelancers and industry professionals through an open call.
• Individuals/freelancers were offered a £500 subsidy to contribute towards travel and time.
• Alongside the training programme, there is a public events strand that's free and open to all.
• Evening events feature showcases by artists Rachel Maclean, Maria Sappho, and Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth.

Details

Split Screen is bringing together some of Scotland's most talented artists, creative organisations, and digital experts to explore how technology can open up fresh ways of making and sharing performance.

The programme features 3 full training days themed EXPLORE, PLAY and AMPLIFY. Across these sessions, participants encounter cutting-edge uses of technology in the performing arts, gain hands-on technical skills with guidance from our experts, and learn practical frameworks for embedding innovation into their core practice.

Each training day concludes with a public artist showcase, Q&A, and networking, opening Split Screen up to the wider creative and tech communities.

During the 2-day sprint, participants will work in teams to apply what they've learned, designing and producing a short piece or prototype with mentorship and technical support from the Split Screen team.

Programme Outline

EXPLORE – 15 January 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Explore and understand key AI and digital technologies shaping the performing arts.
Artist Showcase: Rachel Maclean, 17:00 - 19:30, click here to register

PLAY – 29 January 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Experiment and play with emerging tools for theatre, choreography, music composition, and scenography.
Artist Showcase: Maria Sappho, 17:30 - 19:30, click here to register

AMPLIFY – 5 February 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Discover routes to market and channels of distribution.
Artist Showcase: Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth, 17:30 - 19:30, click here to register

2-DAY SPRINT – 24 & 25 February, 9:00 - 17:00
Participants are set a task to design and produce a short performance or prototype that integrates digital innovation, with mentorship and technical support.