Our partners

We have a number of partners without whom we wouldn’t be able to do what we do, so we’d just like to say a really big thank you to them here.

Arts Council of England – who have provided project funding for the company since its inception and also funded a number of our artists

Northern Rock Foundation - for contributing significantly towards the running costs of our first two years and then for funding a training and development programme for artists

Wellcome Trust – for supporting the development and tour of Heartbreak Soup and for providing so much expert advice

DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursary Scheme – for giving us a Trainee Producer for a year and thereby massively enhancing the capacity of the company

Mission, Models, Money – for paying for us to have time to think strategically about how we can create new ways of doing things that will have long term benefit for the sector

Live Theatre – working in collaboration with us to develop a scratch programme for regional and national artists

ARC, Stockton – bringing us in to work with their associate artists and helping to develop a community of artists across Teesside

Durham County Council – working with us to identify and support artists to create high quality work for communities throughout their county and to help create a cultural hub in and around the Gala Theatre

NAME – collaborating with us on our Mission, Models, Money project (Exchange) and designing our print

Northern Stage – collaborating with us on Exchange and providing a range of showcase opportunities for artists in the region

Ballet Lorent – collaborating with us on Exchange

Dance City – providing us with our fantastic offices at a subsidised rate as part of their commitment to supporting small creative and cultural businesses