
The Buildy-Uppy Dance Show – Anatomical (image: Chris Nash)
What we do
The work we do is always determined in response to those we work with, and often includes:
- Project design – working collaboratively to shape ideas or concepts into projects or programmes which respond to opportunities, creative development needs or longer term strategic aims.
- Artistic and organisational strategy development – looking at the bigger picture
- Business Planning
- Partnership development – using our knowledge of the national and international cultural sector to explore connections and make opportunities
- Producing
- Advisory and mentoring support for artists and producers
- Curation
- Bid writing
- Tour booking
Currently working with
Our current portfolio of clients includes:
Anatomical
New Art Club
Rachel Mars
Second Hand Dance
Claire Summerfield, Director
Claire has an extensive track record of producing live performance events. Over the last three years she has raised over £1m of investment for cultural projects, and presented work at some of the leading national and international festivals and venues, including Xintiandi Festival (Shanghai), Dublin Theatre Festival, The Barbican and Sadler’s Wells.
The artists she supports have won the Oxford Samuel Becket Theatre Trust Award (mars.tarrab), the Total Theatre Award for Innovation and Experimentation (Rachel Mars), and Best Production, Theatre and Technology Awards (Tom Dale Company) and been presented as part of the prestigious British Council Edinburgh Fringe Showcase (Tom Dale Company).
Claire has a specialism in dance for Children and Young People and has supported artists to present work at Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, Lincoln Centre (New York), Belfast International Children’s Festival, Showbox (Norway) and IPAY (Philadelphia).

FORGERY – Rachel Mars
Katy Noakes, Company Producer
Katy is an Independent Producer (WeStaged) collaborating with artists and cultural organisations to create conditions for artists to make their best work, and for audiences to enjoy it. Katy works with artists to help develop, fund and realise their vision and with the wider sector through strategic and development work – designing and delivering programmes, initiatives and events, building partnerships, research and evaluation. Katy works across art forms and specialises in dance.

Touch – Second Hand Dance
Contact
Call + 44 (0) 7976 371 124