Case studies
Fun Palaces – Creative Cafe @ The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn 2022. Photo: Scott David Jackson
Sharing learning: How funders can support impactful research collaborations
This resource makes recommendations for funders and universities who want to support cross-sector research partnerships. The learning is drawn from ...
Sharing learning: Embedding reflective practice in a mentoring programme for musicians – rb&hArts
rb&hArts is the designated arts team for Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, providing a range of creative opportunities ...
Slung Low, Flood Part 4. Image: Malcolm Johnson
Sharing learning: Reframing success and failure in artistic practice – Slung Low
In this case study, members from Slung Low theatre company discuss the challenges they faced in taking on their biggest ...
Back to Ours – Back to Bransholme. Photo: Jerome Whittingham @Photomoments
Sharing learning: Fostering good working relationships with audiences and collaborators – Back To Ours
In this learning case study Louise Yates from Back to Ours shares her experience of delivering a large-scale production for ...
Grid Iron, Crude: An Exploration of Oil 2016. Photo: Eoin Carey
Sharing learning: The challenges with staging site-specific theatre – Grid Iron Theatre Company
Judith Doherty, Producer, Chief Executive and Co-Artistic Director of Grid Iron Theatre Company reflects on the challenges associated with staging ...
In Mature Company, Seacroft Grange. Photo: Aaron Howell
Sharing learning: Working in partnership with funders to foster learning – Yorkshire Dance
Rachel Kingdom, Development Manager for Yorkshire Dance, shares how their project, 'In Mature Company', can act as a template for ...
Birds of Paradise, Purposeless Movements 2019. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic
Sharing learning: Developing personal access statements – Birds of Paradise Theatre Company
Here Mairi Taylor, Executive Producer of Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, reflects on how they as a company learnt from ...
Dance to Health, Norwich. Photo: Camilla Greenwell
Sharing learning: Approaches to evaluating arts-in-health programmes – Aesop
Tim Joss, founder of Aesop, shares lessons from the Dance to Health programme, the role research and evaluation played and ...
Workshops with Burnfoot Community Gardeners and Moving Image Makers Collective. Photo: Karel Doing
Sharing learning: Developing a more tailored approach to audience engagement – Alchemy Film & Arts
Rachael Disbury, Production Director at Alchemy Film & Arts, shares how the organisation changed their approach to audience engagement, paying ...
Mabinogi at Harlech Castle, Photo: Ben Davies
Sharing learning: Managing multiple agendas and ownership in large-scale projects – Cauldrons and Furnaces
Freelance project director Clare Williams reflects on managing multiple agendas and questions of ownership in complex, large-scale projects such as ...