Between 2017-2020 Emergency Exit Arts (EEA)worked with partners to conceive and deliver an ambitious arts and heritage project to mark the end of the First World War. This project report shows how the project, Paper Peace, engaged communities far from EEA’s south-east London base overcoming many challenges to engage disadvantaged communities.

The third blog from China Plate is from Sarah Isaacs (Administrator and Digital lead) as part of her Fellowship at the Audience Diversity Academy 

A report on the findings from Eclipse‘s largest tour of new Black British work to date. This report was illustrated by Cressida Djambov and is a condensed summary of an audience engagement review conducted by Indigo, based on the data they gathered across the 14 week tour of Black Men Walking between February to April 2018.

Creative Arts East, in partnership with Arts Council England, have undertaken an extensive period of research into how library services receive touring arts and provide their users with opportunities to experience arts and culture. Following this research they have produced a comprehensive set of resources including toolkits and information templates carefully tailored for artists and ... Read more

An in-depth look at new approaches to touring participatory international performance in England.

Holly Gladwell, General Manager, Rifco Theatre Company charts the journey of Dishoom! by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, a play that tells the story of a boy with a disability, from concept to stage.

Human Story Theatre share their findings on the health impacts on audiences, and on performing a health-related play in English libraries, based on two tours of their dementia-focussed production Connie’s Colander in 2018 and 2019.

In the final of three blogs looking behind the scenes at Mind the Gap‘s latest production Zara, their Intern Assistant Producer Paul Wilshaw takes us though his experiences as a learning disabled practitioner.

Can you tell our readers a bit about what you do?   OutdoorArtsUK is a national membership and strategic organisation that aims to bring together the many diverse parts of the Outdoor Arts sector.   OutdoorArtsUK celebrates the wonderful work, amazing talent and tremendous achievements of the brilliant individuals, companies and organisations working in this most accessible of art ... Read more

In the first of three blogs looking behind the scenes at Mind the Gap‘s latest production Zara, their Executive Director Julia Skelton opens up the process of creating a large-scale outdoor project that illuminates the stories and challenges faced by learning-disabled parents.

In the second of three blogs looking behind the scenes at Mind the Gap‘s latest production Zara, their Senior Producer Lisa Mallaghan explores their partnership with Walk the Plank and follows the process from the initial idea to the production going on sale.

Are you responsible for getting your organisation noticed by the outside world but have a million other things to do? This training video will give you 20 top tips to help you make your life more manageable by focusing on the marketing and communication tools that work.

Hunt & Darton share a brief guide on securing a pop-up space. The guide draws on their experience of finding a home for their pop-up art installation Hunt & Darton Cafe.

Discover how Creative Scene has developed new audiences by working with local people to bring professional touring work to buildings in their towns across North Kirklees – from libraries to sport clubs, community venues and pubs.

The Urban Playground Team share their experience of involving audiences in the creative process and building positive relationships with funders.

A benchmarking document created by Heather Maitland on behalf of the Dance Touring Partnership. This research overview focuses primarily on research reports written between 1995 and 2005 into the behaviour and attitudes of attenders of dance styles that the researchers have categorised as ‘contemporary’.

Beth Aplin and Heather Maitland carried out research on dance audiences at Dance Touring Partnership tour venues over two years and three tours. This is the summary of their findings.

A summary report evaluating the first year of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s iOrchestra project, where the ambition was to change people’s perceptions about orchestral music by touring live and digital orchestral music to Plymouth, Torbay and Cornwall communities.  

A step-by-step tool for marketing a tour. Produced by the AMA for Arts Audiences 2014. Funded by The Arts Council/An Chomairle Ealaion.

February 2015: New guidance on Data Protection is coming soon and information here will be updated as soon as possible Whenever collecting data about individuals you need to be aware of legislation around data protection. This is a quick summary of legislation and industry guidelines, which may be relevant to you; it is not legal advice ... Read more