The European SPARSE PLUS project also includes a research component. It is divided into four parts: evaluation, two researches and a follow-up arts advocacy. The evaluation will be used to assess the success and effectiveness of the project. The aim of the evaluation is to obtain information on the impact and benefits of each part […]

SPARSE Plus is a Creative Europe funded project involving 11 partners from 8 countries developing rural touring networks for performing arts companies in their areas. Welcome to the SPARSE Plus‘ Introduction to Rural Touring for Professional Performing Arts Companies’ Webinar programme. There will be 3 connected webinars that will give artists knowledge about Rural Touring […]

Seventy people from Italy, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Poland, and England, met from the 2nd to the 6th of October 2023 in Folignano (AP) in the Marche region in Italy. Four days of exchanges, learning, cultural visits, discovering each other's culture, not forgetting a first approach to "rural touring", which […]

Welcome to the new website of the European project SPARSE PLUS! Here, you will find all the updates regarding the project, activities, and the key players of this journey that will end in 2026. The new website will provide more room for news, but it will also include sections dedicated to local promoters, artists, communities, […]

On June 15th, the first webinar dedicated to local promoters took place on Zoom. There were 64 participants from all countries involved in the project for a day of training. The discussion focused on the experiences gained during the first edition of SPARSE, starting from the viewing of the film (watch it here) and the […]

From April 28th to May 1st, 2023, the first partner meeting of the project took place in Vilnius. The project required extensive preparation, which began as early as 2021. Finally, after numerous Zoom meetings, all the individuals who worked for the success of the application came together in person to work concretely on activities, schedules, […]

In February 2023, a new adventure began in the name of "Sparse": the project that developed the rural touring model in 4 European countries between 2018 and 2021 is expanding, involving 6 new partners across 4 countries until 2026. SPARSE plus includes the original SPARSE partners: Associazione Marchigiana Attività Teatrali (Marche, Italy) as Coordinator with […]