The programme explores multiple themes, including protest, darkness and light, family, food heritage, imagined futures and ballroom culture. In these challenging times, it gives much needed breathing space to complex yet important social issues, while providing warmth and hope for better days ahead.

The artists included in the programme will tour concurrently this summer to our Artistic Directorate festivals partners:

• Brighton Festival
• Certain Blacks – Ensemble Festival (London)
• Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
• Hat Fair (Winchester)
• Just So Festival (Cheshire)
• LEEDS 2023
• Norfolk & Norwich Festival
• Stockton International Riverside Festival
• Timber Festival (Staffordshire)

The shows will then be available to members of our Touring Network Partnership from 2024 onwards.

2023 Programme

Akademi, Pravaas
Amina Khayyam Dance Company, You&Me
Avanti Display, Crow
Beeja, choogh choogh
Candoco and Jamaal Burkmar, I think we should start over
Gorilla Circus, UNITY
Ghetto Fabulous, Family Catwalk Extravaganza
Just More Productions, Fussy Foodies: Battle of The Pans
Sonia Sabri Company, Mughal Minatures
Thingumajig, A la Puppet Carte
Trigger, TEABREAK
Unlimited Theatre and Upswing, Ancient Futures
Working Boys Club, Serving Sounds

To see these shows at our partner festivals, keep checking our What’s On page which will be updated as soon as the programmes are announced.

You can also read the press release here.