Early Career Support

Stan’s Cafe run Our Facility, an Edwardian former school building in Selly Oak, which offers reasonably priced rehearsal and meeting spaces for arts and learning companies in a friendly atmosphere. The building is open Monday to Friday, 9:30 – 5:30.

We are often asked to donate space in-kind to support early career artists and companies. To satisfy this demand we have set aside an allocation of days available each year – usually in blocks of 1 week (or less).

To request space, please send an email to [email protected] including:

  • Details of who you or your company are and why you need in-kind space support
  • Dates when you need the space
  • Details of what you are rehearsing, including number of people involved and size of space required
  • Dates and locations of where the work will be presented (if applicable)
  • Any potential funding available to support the space costs at this stage or in the future
  • Any PR opportunities you may have to acknowledge the support of Our Facility / Stan’s Cafe

We are genuinely keen to support people and help make things happen. We can’t guarantee the offer of space everyone who asks, but we will do our best.