Collectively, the NPCs are beacons of excellence throughout Scotland’s performing arts scene – telling the stories of Scotland and promoting Scotland on the national and world stages; and significantly empowering the Scottish Government’s policy aim of Scotland being ‘renowned at home and abroad as a creative nation, with a rich heritage, contributing to the world as a modern dynamic country, making a significant contribution to cultural life in Scotland and producing work internationally’ [SG Report on the 5 NPCs, 2018].