101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space

Artistic Directorate Partner

The Corn Exchange Newbury’s dedicated outdoor arts creation space, hosting residencies by professional artists and companies, and developing its own outdoor work. 101 runs a year-round programme of community engagement and professional development activities.

Based within a 10,000 square ft warehouse, 101 has fabrication workshop facilities, a large and flexible rehearsal/production space, on-site accommodation and living facilities. 101 aims to give a supportive environment for companies in residence to develop new work.

Brighton Festival

Artistic Directorate Partner

(2) Brighton Festival, now the largest arts festival in England, is one of the major milestones in the international cultural calendar. Over a three-week period, Brighton Festival explores a wide-ranging programme of music, theatre, dance, film, and literature. It has a long tradition of attracting the most exciting performers from across the globe and promoting local artists, and bringing fresh, challenging new work to Brighton.

Freedom Festival Arts Trust

Artistic Directorate Partner

(3) Led by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, Freedom Festival gives voice to Hull’s uniquely independent spirit and historic contribution to the cause of freedom. It believes in the capacity of high quality, accessible arts and culture to change lives and communities by inspiring young and old to engage with core human values, and to embrace and celebrate shared freedoms.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

Artistic Directorate Partner

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s leading festival of free outdoor performing arts (theatre, dance, and street arts), an annual 10-day celebration of extraordinary outdoor events that transform people’s lives. The Festival commits to breaking new ground in outdoor performance and raising the ambition, quality, and diversity of outdoor work produced, focusing on the commissioning and developing outdoor work led by Deaf and disabled artists and artists from diverse backgrounds.

Hat Fair

Artistic Directorate Partner

(5) Hat Fair is Britain’s longest running festival of street theatre and outdoor arts – taking place in Winchester in July every year. Now in its 38th year, Hat Fair, named after the tradition of throwing donations into performance hats, first burst onto the Winchester scene in 1974 as a busker’s festival. It has developed a strong reputation and following, providing a weekend filled with hundreds of colourful and exciting performances.

Just So Festival

Artistic Directorate Partner

The Just So Festival is an annual weekend-long camping festival for children and their families. The festival provides a magical experience where art, music and literature entwined with a beautiful and wondrous landscape. We offer a broad range of musical, theatrical, and visual performances, workshops and installations within a safe, natural and magical setting. Every clearing and glade holds a new way to unleash creativity. Families discover and delight in the spectacular within the woodland environment during this weekend camping event.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Artistic Directorate Partner

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a flagship arts organisation for the East of England with a reputation for innovative, inspirational programming and commissioning. As well as staging one of the most significant arts festivals in the UK each May, Norfolk & Norwich Festival collaborates throughout the year with local, national and international partners to produce work for a huge and diverse range of audiences, participants and communities.

Out There International Festival of Circus and Street Arts

Artistic Directorate Partner

The Out There Festival is the largest street arts and circus festival in the East of England. It is fast becoming one of the UK’s leading events, with an international reputation for presenting excellent artistic work and a rich mix of indoor and outdoor performance.

Out There Festival is programmed and organised by SeaChanage Arts, based in The Drill House in Great Yarmouth. The Drill House is available for use for artistic creation, residencies and rehearsal for indoor and outdoor street arts and circus work.

Salisbury International Arts Festival, part of Wiltshire Creative

Artistic Directorate Partner

Salisbury International Arts Festival is part of Wiltshire Creative, a new pan-arts organisation that brings together the energy and ambition of Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury Playhouse. It is an ambitious and innovative joint arts offer that secures a bright future for audiences, artists and participants.

Wiltshire Creative is rooted in, and draws inspiration from, the city of Salisbury and works beyond its boundaries and draws audiences from across the county and further afield. The creation of new work is at the heart of its programme, as it builds new relationships with audiences, artists and participants.

Stockton International Riverside Festival

Artistic Directorate Partner

(9) Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) is an annual free outdoor arts and street theatre festival in Stockton-on-Tees. In 2017 the festival celebrated its 30th year, helping to cement its position as one of the world’s oldest and best international outdoor art festivals.

Taking place over in early August, it attracts international artists performing to thousands of spectators each year. It showcases outstanding international street theatre, dance, circus and music acts with a packed programme of shows for all the family.

SIRF is supported by Arts Council England and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.