The Performing Arts Practice Research Cluster brings together artist-scholars from all universi- ties in Ireland who are interested in advocating for arts practice research in the performing arts. The group is primarily engaged in research towards the development of national policy around arts practice research for performers, as well as holding shared events to profile member research. The current steering group includes faculty from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick; the School of Music and Theatre, University College Cork; Drama and Theatre Studies, NUI Galway; the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies, Mary Immaculate College and the Department of Drama, Trinity College, Dublin.