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.

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

Animated image of Digbeth, Birmingham. Features a car, buildings, a ghetto blaster and tape casettes. KULTURA Sessions: BRUM

An art gallery in the metaverse. Inspired by music festivals, the KULTURA Sessions: BRUM created a must-see online event featuring a Birmingham-inspired gallery in the metaverse.

Four women from SHOWWOMEN in leopard print dresses sit on a rug SHOWWOMEN: The Film

Exploring the legacy of working-class women in variety and circus in a spectacular new short film from Olivier award-winning performance maker Marisa Carnesky

A group of young people gathered around the camera in colourful clothes Secret Summer

Stand and Be Counted (SBC) Theatre's interactive digital-meets-live experience with refugee and asylum-seeking children in Yorkshire

A man in a red waist coat playing the xylophone Create your own symphony with Oily Cart

Conduct your own symphony with Oily Cart's interactive, sound-based website

A performance from Truth to Power Cafe with people on stage with a large heart in the background Truth to Power Café

Young people from Rotherham aged 14 to 25 speak powerful truths about something important to them

A still from The Hatchling of a computer generated group of people and an animal made of paper The Hatchling

A spectacular dragon - the size of a double-decker bus - flies from land over sea