Does performing arts touring work? Help design what the sector needs for the future.
We’re supporting World Pencil to conduct a consultative research project for Arts Council England on the performing arts touring ecosystem and we need your perspective and insights. If you’re involved – maybe as a touring artist, producer, promoter, presenter, company or venue, with or without public funding – we hope you’ll share your views and help design what the sector needs for a strong, sustainable future.
World Pencil is looking particularly at touring of music, dance, theatre and combined arts, to rural, outdoor, festival, community and site-specific locations, and smaller venues (under 150 capacity), such as music venues, village halls, pubs and clubs, small theatres etc. (A separate phase of the research is looking at larger venues.)
- What does the landscape of arts and cultural touring look like in England?
- How has it changed since Covid?
- What do people in arts and cultural touring need?
- Where touring is challenging, how are people bucking the trend and finding ways to make touring work?
We hope you’ll be part of this important research to find the answers, influence policy and funding, and design a sector roadmap for touring. You can find the survey and focus groups on this page.
Arts Council England, responsible for supporting and developing England’s arts and cultural sector, is investigating the fabric of cultural touring activity across the country.
If you’re involved – as a touring artist, presenter company or venue, with or without public funding – we hope you’ll share your views with the research and help inform what the sector needs for a strong, sustainable future.
Image credit: Walk of the Dandelion by Luke Brown Company, Ventnor Fringe Festival & Red Funnel Ferry, photo: Vicki Couchman.Â
