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About greenhouse
From 2014-18, with the support of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, house have invested in projects that encourage new relationships between theatre makers, audiences and venues in the house network.
The aim of the project was to enable theatre makers to c...
Add Pitch - Thank You
Thank you for submitting your pitch. We will check your submission within the next 48 hours and then post it on our pitches page. To see all the other pitches please visit the pitches page .
Doing Nothing Is Not An Option – a house and TippingPoint commission
One species, ours, has by itself in the course of a couple of generations managed to powerfully raise the temperature of an entire planet, to knock its most basic systems out of kilter. But oddly, though we know about it, we don’t know about it. It h...
greenhouse projects
There are currently over 40 projects being seed-funded by house across the network and we've plotted them on the map below. Click on the pointers to find out which projects each venue is hosting.
House Seed Funding
Our next seed funding round is now open.
These are awards of £3000-£8000 to support theatre makers and venues in the house network to explore new ways of creating theatre together, in partnership with potential audiences.
We are looking for ideas in ...
Pitch Up March 2017
This event is fully booked. Visit our Eventbrite site to join the waiting list .
Ovalhouse, London, Thursday 2 March, 1.30-6.00pm
If you’re an artist, producer or venue involved in making theatre, and you’re looking for partners on a project, Pit...
Pitch Up
A welcoming gathering of theatre makers, producers and venue programmers
Pitch Up is a half-day event hosted by Farnham Maltings as part of the house initiative. It’s made up of 5-minute artist pitches and 2-minute venue pitches aimed a...
Pitch Up Reading
Tuesday 05 February 2019, 2pm - 5pm
South Street Arts Centre, Reading
We'd like to thank everyone who attended and pitched at Pitch Up hosted by South Street Arts Centre on Tuesday 05 February 2019. You can see the full programme here:
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Pitch Up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2017
Overview
Pitch Up - our welcoming gathering of theatre makers, producers and venue programmers - will take place at CanadaHub @ King's Hall (Venue 73) on Tuesday 22 August 2017, 10.00am-12.00pm as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
What is ...
Pitch Up May 2015
Roundabout, Brighton Festival, 8 May 2015
This Pitch Up featured eleven pitches selected from those submitted (and still viewable) on the greenhouse pitches page . You can follow the links to them here or or download the Pitch Up broch...
Pitch Up May 2016
The Garage, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, May 2016
This Pitch Up featured fifteen pitches selected from those submitted on the greenhouse pitches page . You can follow the links to them here or or download the Pitch Up brochure .
Martin Figura:...
Pitch Up November 2014
Shoreditch Town Hall, 20 November 2014
This first Pitch Up featured sixteen pitches selected from over a hundred submitted on the greenhouse pitches page . You can follow the links to them here or download the Pitch Up brochure . You...
Pitch Up November 2016
Gulbenkian, Canterbury Festival, November 2016
This Pitch Up featured twenty four pitches (including nine Elevator Pitches); you can see who took part below and download the Pitch Up brochure .
Gulbenkian #ChangeKent
Applause a...
Producer Fellowships
Two £5,000 bursaries to support a one year relationship between a producer and a venue – or venues – in the house network.
By bringing together the know-how and inventiveness of entrepreneurial producers with the physical resources and local knowledge of a...
upstream
Seeding new digital performance
We teamed up with SHPLive.TV to provide seed funds for new performance which embraces the potential of live streaming to engage audiences live and online. We put a call out in April for ideas about digitally native performance...
house: access and inclusion
These are the steps house takes to ensure the culture of touring is sustainable and ever-growing in relation to access and inclusion:
Train artists and producers to integrate access methods into the creation process
Aim for at least 20% of touring...
Other useful websites
In addition to our own resources section, you will also find helpful tools and tips at the following websites:
A Guide to Theatre Access
A guide to making theatre performances more accessible
Alzheimer's Society - Becoming a dementia friendly...
Past Pitch Up Events
Pitch Up is a half-day event hosted by Farnham Maltings as part of the house initiative. It’s made up of 5-minute artist pitches and 2-minute venue pitches aimed at sharing new ideas and encouraging the connections to make them happen.
We host up to thr...
Pitch Up Brighton
Tuesday 20 November 2018, 2pm - 5pm
Brighton Dome, Brighton
We're pleased to announce that the next Pitch Up event – a welcoming gathering of theatre makers, producers and venue programmers – will be hosted by Brighton Dome on Tuesday 20 November 2018...
Pitch Up Cambridge 2018 - Full line-up
We're excited to welcome the following artists, venues and producers to pitch their ideas at Pitch Up Cambridge on 19 June 2018, 2-5pm:
Session one
Nice One: Jackie Hagan and J. Fergus Evans, Big Feast
Bonhomme : What’s Coming Out of the Box
Don Ju...
Pitch Up Ipswich
Tuesday 14 May 2019, 2pm - 5pm
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Applications for theatre-makers and venues to pitch will open soon.
Pitch Up is a half-day event hosted by Farnham Maltings as part of the house initiative. It’s made up of 5-minute a...
Press and PR
General Enquiries
This page contains all of the latest press resources for house shows and activities. For press enquiries, or to be added to our press release mailing list, please email info@housetheatre.org.uk or call the office on 01252 745 419.
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Privacy Policy
house: Privacy Basics
This is a summary of how house processes and stores personal information and data. “house” is a project delivered by Farnham Maltings.
Any reference to “house” refers to Farnham Maltings. All statements here are in accordan...
Thank you
Thank you for submitting your opportunity to the house website. If you have any queries please contact us .
Training for theatre-makers, artists and producers
Want to make a business out of your artistic work? These training sessions introduce the rudiments of tour booking, marketing your show, planning accessibly and applying for funding. This is a series of half day training opportunities from house in partnership...
Venue Network Day March 2018
bringing venues together from across the South East
Friday 09 March 2018, 11:00 - 16:30
John Lyon Education Studio, National Theatre, London
This venue network day will feature inspirational speaker and equality activist Mena Fombo on:
'Nod, ...
Venue Network Day March 2019
trusting the enterprise
Friday 22 March 2019, 11:00 - 16:30
Cecil Sharp House, London
This venue network day will explore how you might identify new areas for financial growth in your venue. With a strong focus on customer experience, we will...
Venue Network Day September 2018
bringing venues together from across the South East
Tuesday 11 September 2018, 11:00 - 16:30
Bridge Theatre, London
This Autumn's house venue network day explores whether promoting a positive work force and artistic programme contributes to ...
Carry On Jaywick: About the Cast
Georgia Brown graduated from LAMDA and made her West End debut in A Chorus of Disapproval. Other work in theatre includes Harold Pinter – A Celebration at the National Theatre; Somewhere in England for Eastern Angles; and her own play, Daddy’s Gir...
Previous house tours
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
Perth Theatre Company and Weeping Spoon Productions
Download The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik tour dates.
All The Family, Something Different
Popaganda
Richard ...
About Us
Who we are
house is a venue network and touring initiative based in the South East of England. It is delivered by Farnham Maltings with support from Arts Council England and an advisory group of venue leaders, programmers and producers from the region....
Resources: terms and conditions
house website resources
The house resource hub includes sample paperwork, ‘how to’ documents and advice which can be used as a guide and knowledge pool. The views contained in the resources do not necessarily represent the views of house but they ...
vacancies
There are currently no vacancies.
Professional Development
We are committed to developing the touring sector in our region, and one of the ways we do this is by delivering a variety of development opportunities for both venues and artists from across the South East of England.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Venue...
Marketing Meet-Up: 12 Nov 2018
Monday 12 November 2018, 11am-4.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, London
An welcoming professional development event for marketing staff from venues in the house network.
The three key sessions will cover:
Audience development
Workload and critical pathways...
house team
Steph Richardson
house General Manager
steph@housetheatre.org.uk
+44 (0)1252 745427
Emma Gosden
house Marketing Manager
emma@housetheatre.org.uk
+44 (0)1252 745419
Mark...
house venues
There are currently over 160 venues across the south east and south west of England registered on the house website, and we've plotted them on the map below. Feel free to click on the bubbles to find out more about the venue, or zoom in to separate out...
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If you'd like to receive news and updates from house, please join our mailing list here .
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What we do
Initiate a plan to build the theatre ecology of the South East and Eastern England regions including hosting programmer events, brokering conversations between companies and venues and developing this website as a digital platform for the professional...
An intro to venue managers (presenters)
If you own or manage a performance venue and you want to buy in shows and/or be part of a performing arts tour, you can register as a Venue. Register here .
The first step is to create a Venue Profile. This outlines your company or organisation, describes...
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Use the form below to contact the house team.
Please note that we are not directly affiliated with any of the venues or companies listed on our website, and will be unable to answer any specific queries regarding productions, bookings or events.
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