Canberra Theatre Centre. CANBERRA Theatre Centre is getting behind new performance work with its development program, “New Works”, and expressions of interest are now open. The Centre is offering two separate residencies to professional artists, or teams of artists in the Courtyard Studio in 2021. In the “new ideas” area, Canberra Theatre Centre is offering a one-week residency for the creative development of a new performance from June 7-11. Artists will have access to The Courtyard Studio from Monday to Friday to develop their ideas, and at the end of the week, the theatre centre will facilitate an invite-only industry showing to support the future of the work, covering all venue and associated costs, including technical support, as well as artist fees for up to six artists, with producing support from its programming team.