Commissions

We commission projects across all art forms and cultural disciplines, from live streaming performances to immersive experiences, online collections and digital storytelling. Scroll down for a selection of some of the projects we’ve commissioned.

Dancer who uses a wheelchair dressed in warm clothes waving in front of an illustrated picture of the Arctic landscape with the title Moving Habitats Moving Habitats

Three free bitesize films for primary school aged children (Key Stages 1 and 2), which explore environmental issues through creative dance.

Still from the game The Hidden Woods of a bleak black and grey landscape with the one black rabbit and one white one in the middle of the image The Hidden Woods

Game for young people exploring new and exciting ways of discovering traditional tales through an interactive online experience.

Upshot of a dancer jumping up in a forest set with an avatar of another humanoid being and deer in the background Home X

A live digital performance mixing theatre, music, gaming and VR technology, about home and belonging.

Common Ground

A satire on the world of contemporary circus which parodies the very real process of what it’s like to audition as an artist from the Global Majority.

A group of women in colourful swimming costumes and caps, wading into the sea Swim Club

An uplifting new short film, exploring the community, camaraderie, and vulnerability of a close-knit group of wild swimmers as they prepare to take the plunge into performance.

Laura Horton holding a colourful skirt among a collage of other clothing, on a light pink background Hidden By Things

A digital community campaign and podcast encouraging people to buy pre-loved items and recycle, sharing stories through clothing.

Black and dark red My Sound Cinema logo with tiles of available films against a white background My Sound Cinema

My Sound Cinema is the first online film VOD platform dedicated to audio described film and designed specifically with the blind and vision impaired community in mind.

Leaflets about the WOVEN festival on a table with sheets of colourful pressed flowers Growing Colour Together

Documentary short which profiles textile artists working with natural dyes in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, showing how individual action can make a broader sustainable impact.

An archive black and white image of people exercising on a beach. The men wear white shirts and light trousers and the women wear pinafore's and bonnets Echoes of the North

Take a trip back in time through music and film - a new film made from more than a hundred fragments of archive film