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Browse the archive section below to learn details of the artists supported by the consortium so far:

  • Akademi

    Akademi is a cutting-edge, progressive organisation with an international outlook, based in the heart of London. It works ...
  • Acrojou

    Acrojou is a young circus company that uses the German Wheel as a vehicle for original new street ...
  • Aswarm

    A colony of strange pulsing entities inhabit a tree.  Nocturnal by nature, as dusk falls they flicker with a phosphorescent ...
  • Babok

    Babok create visual, object-based theatre.  This is presented in public spaces where the line between performers and audience is blurred.
  • Bad Taste Cru

    Bad Taste Cru are a professional BBoy (Breakdance) Cru / Dance Company based out of Dance City, the ...
  • Ballet Boyz II: The Next Generation

    Balletboyz (formerly known as George Piper Dances), founded in 2001 by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, has made ...
  • Bootworks

    Bootworks is a theatre collective that has been gaining a reputation for itself, since 1999, as one of ...
  • Candoco Dance Company

    Candoco Dance Company is the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Candoco creates excellent and profound experiences for audiences ...
  • Company Fierce

    Company Fierce is a Manchester based street dance ensemble led ...
  • Contact

    Contact is a pioneering theatre venue in Manchester with a focus on young adults (ages 13-30). The building ...
  • Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company

    Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company is based in the northeast of England and has been in operation for over ...
  • Fittings Multimedia Arts

    Fittings Multimedia Arts is a disability led performance company based in Liverpool that has been developing ...
  • Fuel

    Fuel produces fresh work for adventurous people by inspiring artists.Founded in 2004 by Louise Blackwell, Kate ...
  • Graeae Theatre Company

    Graeae’s mission is to pioneer a radical dramatic language, championing accessibility and providing a platform for new generations of deaf ...
  • Gravity & Levity

    Gravity & Levity was launched in 2003 to exploit the creative and expressive potential achievable through applying a ...
  • Kompany Malakhi

    Established in 1994, Kompany Malakhi is one of the most innovative, progressive and exciting inter-disciplinary companies in the ...
  • Kuljit Bhamra

    Musician, composer and producer, Kuljit Bhamra is a pioneer of the worldwide Bhangra phenomenon. He combines traditional Indian rhythms, ...
  • Luci Gorell Barnes

    Luci Gorell Barnes is a visual artist who often finds ways of showing her work theatrically. She works ...
  • Marc Brew Company

    Marc Brew Company have been making performances in the UK and internationally since 1998. The company collaborates with ...
  • Mark Smith & Rachel Gadsden with Deaf Men Dancing

    Deaf Men Dancing started in August 2010 from a group of deaf male professional dancers with different dance ...
  • Metis

    Metis is a Cambridge-based performing arts company/network, set up to pursue interdisciplinary projects using extensive research to engage ...
  • Metro-Boulot-Dodo

    METRO-BOULOT-DODO (MBD) is a Leicester based organisation that consists of three talented artists who collaborate to create innovative ...
  • Mimbre

    Mimbre fuses world-class acrobatics with theatre and dance, using a unique physical language to ...
  • Motionhouse

    Under the strong direction of Kevin Finnan and Louise Richards, Motionhouse have led the ...
  • Nicky Singer

    Nicky Singer is a novelist whose work has been described as ‘fearlessly dramatic’, so it was probably only ...
  • NoFit State Circus

    NoFit State Circus are leading the renaissance of contemporary circus in the UK, producing professional touring productions at ...
  • Orkestra del Sol

    Without Walls hosted Orkestra del Sol whose brand-new Fanfare show is forging a path for both music and ...
  • Pen-ultimate

    Pen-ultimate is a collective of artists specializing in spoken word, performance and hip-hop theatre. The group met at ...
  • Periplum

    The Bell with fire and pyrotechnics from the World Famous. This explosive 360° promenade is the first of two ...
  • Plunge Boom

    Plunge Boom produce shows that are highly imaginative and thoroughly interactive. Performances are low tech, small-scale and aimed ...
  • Prodigal Theatre

    Prodigal Theatre’s Urban Playground Team works in partnership with French company Gravity Style to produce dynamic physical performances examining the ...
  • Punchdrunk

    Punchdrunk is an award-winning professional theatre company, specializing in the immersive experience of location and dramatic narrative. The company's theatre ...
  • Ragroof Theatre

    The imaginations of the Ragroof team are inspired by other people’s memories and knitted together using physical expression, ...
  • Red Herring

    Red Herring was set up by Paschale Straiton in 2008 to create outdoor theatre performance for street arts festivals and ...
  • Scarabeus

    Scarabeus create exhilarating site responsive aerial performances that are full of visceral energy, push boundaries and challenge preconceptions ...
  • Srishti

    Nina Rajarani, winner of the 2006 Place Prize, Europe’s largest choreographic competition, created a new outdoor version of “
  • StopGAP

    StopGAP Dance Company is a contemporary dance company with a difference - it is made up of 6 professional performers with ...
  • Tavaziva Dance

    Performed by Tavaziva Dance with music and choreography by Bawren Tavaziva, Beautiful People is a new outdoor performance ...
  • The Alexandras

    A unique all dancing, signing troupe directed by leading deaf director Jenny Sealey.  Extravagantly dressed and belting out iconic classics ...
  • The Mancunian Steam and Pressure Navigation Company

    The Mancunian Steam and Pressure Navigation Company are a rogue congregation of Ingenieurs and Savants with a specialist ...
  • The World Famous

    Full Circle is a medium-scale fire show for an audience of around 2000-4000 people. The show is about ...
  • Upswing

    Upswing is an exciting new company which sets out to ensure circus is represented as a live and ...
  • Whalley Range All Stars

    The Whalley Range All Stars were formed in 1982 by Edward Taylor and Sue Auty, both of whom ...
  • Wired Aerial Theatre

    Wired Aerial Theatre, led by artistic directors Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie and Jamie Ogilvie conceived bungee-assisted dance when they met in 2000 ...
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