Partnerships

Climate Playwriting Prize – uncovering the most exciting new plays about the climate crisis, and supporting them to find their audiences.

Kay Mellor Fellowship – a year-long, part-time paid opportunity for emerging northern writers in partnership with Rollem Productions, the BBC and Leeds City Council.

Venues North – a network of venues from across the North of England committed to supporting artists create new work

Queer Arts North – a network of arts organisations strategically supporting LGBTQIA+ arts, artists, organisations, venues and festivals across the North of England

Mind the Gap – England’s leading learning disability performance and live arts company

Transform – an engine room for powerful performance, creating exhilarating festivals and work year-round to catalyse future-gazing artists and creatives to reimagine what theatre can be

RTYDS (Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme) – the UK’s foremost programme of paid professional development for theatre directors

tutti frutti – a children’s theatre company creating high-quality, story-based shows for children aged 3+, which tour to theatres, schools and community venues across the UK and around the world

New Earth – a national touring theatre company that places British East and South East Asian artists and communities at the heart of its work

Leeds Conservatoire – a specialist conservatoire delivering expert music and performing arts education to a community of more than 1,200 students