We’ve been working with artist Rachael Clerke to write a new environmental policy for MAYK, which we’ve just published on our website. The policy articulates the steps we’re taking to reduce our impact and reliance on carbon-emitting activities, and how we’re thinking about the climate crisis in relation to our programme.

PASSING is the upcoming short film from Jo Bannon which invites us to pay attention to the barely visible but highly choreographed ways in which we all perform, or pass, on stage and in everyday life.

A strange duet. A funny kind of twinning. A kinship. PASSING, a short film by Jo Bannon, invites you to pay attention to the barely visible but highly choreographed ways in which we all perform, or pass, on stage and in everyday life.

Do you need to rest throughout the day? Do you have a story to share about resting in public? Commissioned by WDR, we are gathering stories from German speakers based in Europe, to feature in a radio play which will be broadcast in Autumn 2024.

The Emergent Value research project is trying to find out why, and how, live arts events (such as theatre or music performances) are meaningful to people.

A look back on some of the highlights of 2023

Alongside other colleagues across the city, we are hugely disappointed to hear that Bristol City Council are not recommending us for renewed funding for the next three years.