Pitch Up is an in-person event which provides a platform for venues and artists to pitch ideas, providing space for new partnerships to emerge. By having both venues and theatre-makers pitch what they have to offer and what they're looking for, we aim to foster a more collaborative and open approach than traditional pitching events.

We host Pitch Up events each year in venues across the South East, inviting an open audience made up of theatre makers, arts professionals and other local venues eager to connect and listen to the pitches of the day. The next Pitch Up event will be in Suffolk on Monday 3rd November 2025.

Pitch Up: Suffolk

Date: Monday 3rd November 2025, 11.30am to 3.45pm
Location: New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS

This autumn house will be hosted by New Wolsey Theatre to bring you Pitch Up: Suffolk.

Run by house southeast theatre network, Pitch Up provides a platform for venues and artists to pitch ideas and opportunities and create space for new partnerships to emerge; bringing together 10 artists and companies and around 10 venue representatives to share opportunities, connect and collaborate in front of an audience.

The following South East based venues will be joining us to pitch their opportunities for partnership working: New Wolsey Theatre, Cambridge Junction, The Seagull Lowestoft, The Cornhall Diss, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, The Garage Norwich, Norwich Theatres, Chelmsford Theatre, Colchester Arts Centre, St George's Theatre Great Yarmouth and Sheringham Little Theatre.

By bringing venues and theatre-makers together for the day to talk about what they have to offer, and what they're looking for, house aims to foster a more collaborative, open approach to traditional pitching events.

New Wolsey Theatre accessibility
The venue has step-free access. For further information on access in the building please see the venue's website. If you have any further access requirements, please email the house team at info@housetheatre.org.uk

Who can pitch?

• Theatre-makers creating or wanting to create work for and/or with audiences in the South East of England
• Cultural organisations wanting to connect with venues & artists
• Organisations supporting under-represented groups or disability projects within the arts
• Arts venues, performance spaces, theatres, or Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes that are based in the South East of England (Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex) who have opportunities to they want to engage with artists about.

Artist Applications Now Open

We are now looking for theatre artists interested in working in the South of England who want to make connections with local venues.

Please complete our Artist Pitch Up application, telling us a little more about yourself and your work by 12pm Friday 17th October 2025.

• We’ve written the application so that it shouldn’t take you more than 30 minutes to complete.
• You can also choose to submit your application as a video or audio file attached to the application form, instead of providing a written response.

If you are a freelancer and there's a cost barrier to you attending Pitch Up, house are able to offer a contribution towards your usual day rate.

Interested but want to know more before applying? Want to apply or attend, but there’s a barrier to you doing so? Drop us an email on info@housetheatre.org.uk

Previous Pitch-Ups:

Pitch Up: Sussex

In May 2025 house, hosted by Brighton Fringe delivered Pitch Up: Sussex.

The following South East based venues joined us to pitch their opportunities for partnership working: Chichester Festival Theatre, Stanley Arts, The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, The Nutshell, Ropetackle Arts Centre, caravan, Farnham Maltings, New Wolsey Theatre, The Astor and Cambridge Junction.

By bringing venues and theatre-makers together for the day to talk about what they have to offer, and what they're looking for, the day fostered a collaborative, open approach to traditional pitching events.

The Pitch Up event also invited an open audience of theatre makers and other local venues to connect and listen to the pitches of the day.

2025 Pitch Up Images: DFPhotography UK