house visits festivals across the country and internationally to discover some of the best new and exciting theatre to potentially tour across the South East. We take programmers from venues across our network to see the work so they can actively help us choose the future house touring programme.

Our delegations also offer a great opportunity to network with fellow programmers, and share ideas and experiences with other venues looking to programme live theatre.

Applications for both our Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Brighton Festival 2026 delegations are now open. The deadline for applying is Monday 2 March 2026.

Image: house Venues & Artists Edinburgh Networking Breakfast 2025 © Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Each year house theatre takes our largest delegation of programmers to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

This year we're arriving on Monday 24 and departing on Friday 28 August 2026.

This opportunity is open to any representative of a venue registered with the house southeast theatre network, who plays a role in programming at their venue.

Brighton Festivals

This year house are bringing together a delegation of venue representatives from across the network to attend Brighton Fringe, within the wider Brighton Festival, during caravan assembly 2026.

The house delegation will arrive on Sunday 10 and depart on Tuesday 12 May 2026.

This opportunity is open to any representative of a venue registered with the house southeast theatre network, who plays a role in programming at their venue.

Image: DF Photography, Guru Dudu Silent Disco

Festivals in the South East

There are so many amazing festivals regularly taking place in the South East of England. Find below a list of festivals taking place in your back garden!

Brighton
Brighton Festival

Norwich
Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Great Yarmouth
Out There Festival

Eastleigh
Unwrapped

Lowestoft
First Light

Basingstoke
Basingstoke Festival

Winchester
Hat Fair

Kingston
FUSE International - Creative Youth (creativeyouthcharity.org)

Isle of Wight
Ventnor Fringe

Milton Keynes
IF Milton Keynes International Festival

Royal Docks, London
Ensemble Festival

Stockton-upon-Tees
Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF)

Greenwich, London
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

Canterbury
bOing! Festival

Cambridge
Out of the Ordinary Festival

Bournemouth & Poole
Inside Out Dorset