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Arts Council England will award 13 successful applicants a total of £2,368,906 in the latest round of its Strategic Touring funding programme.

This programme aims to ensure that people across England have access to great art in their local area. It focuses especially on areas where people have low engagement with the arts and those that rely on touring for much of their arts provision. It also seeks to extend the reach of high quality work by broadening the range of venues presenting it.

The latest successful projects include:Arts Council England will award 13 successful applicants a total of £2,368,906 in the latest round of its Strategic Touring funding programme.

Without Walls Associate Touring Network

This is a group of ten festivals, working together to bring work commissioned by Without Walls to a larger audience. This funding will allow the network to bring in new partners, reaching events and festivals in places of low arts engagement. The aim is to reach audiences with little experience of outdoor art - or indeed any art.

London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) - Depart

LIFT, Spitalfields Music and the National Centre for Circus Arts will commission 'Depart' from internationally-renowned Australian company Circa. This exciting new outdoor contemporary circus project will feature circus artists, aerialists, acrobats, dancers, choral singers and musicians, working with video, lighting and installation artists. Depart will transform cemeteries in London, Brighton, Blackpool and Hull, integrating local artists and community groups from each area.

Gary Clarke Company - COAL

This new contemporary dance production explores the dark underbelly of the mining industry, through a day’s journey above and below ground. It will tour to venues in the North, Midlands, South East and London, as well as one date in Wales. Including a local brass band and company of community performers, the project aims to create lasting connections between artists, promoters and communities.

James Leadbitter - Madlove: A Designer Asylum

James Leadbitter and Hannah Hull will tour this show to some of the most socially-excluded mental health groups in the North, Midlands, South East and London. The 'Madlove Workshop' will develop their artistic skills and confidence, an 'Online Asylum' will provide wider access to the project and two regional 'Catalyst Events' will help artists and mental health organisations develop new touring ideas and opportunities.

See the full list of successful applicants

The Strategic Touring Programme welcomes applications for a wide range of high-quality work on tour. In particular the Arts Council encourages applications for mid-scale theatre, inbound international work and projects by and for people from diverse backgrounds.

Find out more about the programme and how to apply