December 22, 2024
Update: the visual art and dance open calls have now closed. Thank you for your interest, we’ll be in touch with applicants soon.
Hidden Door 2025 will take place from Wednesday 11th to Sunday 15th June 2025, and we are inviting artists to submit proposals to be a part of the event.
We open up forgotten urban spaces for the public to explore and discover incredible music, art, theatre, film, dance, spoken word and more. In 2025 we will be transforming The Paper Factory, a huge industrial site in the west of Edinburgh.
We have now launched our open call for Dance and Visual Art. The deadline is Sunday 26 January 2025.
We will open further calls for other art forms shortly. Register your interest here.
Our theme for 2025 is “The Building as a Myth”
Submissions should explore one or more of these sub-themes:
The Paper Factory is located at 1 Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh EH12 8NP.
It’s a 15.5-acre site occupied by the former Saica paper and cardboard manufacturing facility on the western edge of Edinburgh. The site features a mix of warehouses, factory floors, offices and outhouses.
The Paper Factory is well served by a variety of public transport links, with frequent bus, tram and train services all stopping nearby, making it easy to reach us from anywhere in the city. See below for more details.