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This spring and summer sees the premieres of nine new outdoor works commissioned by Without Walls, the consortium of eight of the UK's leading arts festivals. Since its launch in 2006 the consortium has had a significant impact on outdoor arts in the UK, commissioning, supporting and presenting around 500 free outdoor performances from 39 established and emerging artists and attracting an audience of nearly 1.3 million people. 

The following companies will be researching and developing projects for Without Walls throughout 2010:
Dodgy Clutch
Graeae Theatre Company
Kompany Malakhi
Motionhouse
Whalley Range All Stars
Wired Aerial Theatre in collaboration with Nigel Jamieson

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 ...

  • 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 making a reputation since 1999, as one of the UK's most innovative and ...

  • 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 who 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 Theatre Company is a disabled-led theatre company that profiles the skills of actors, writers and directors with ...

  • 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 for the past 11 years. The ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Paschale Straiton

    The Scéance is a comedy set inside a brightly coloured tent with beaded curtains and satin rouching. Psychic ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 Dream Engine

    The Dream Engine was formed in January 1995 by Tim Petter and Steve Edgar to combine the talents ...

  • 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 Whalley Range All Stars

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

  • 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 ...

  • 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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