Pitch Up: Oxford

Date: Wednesday 20 May 2025, 11.30am to 3.45pm
Location: Old Fire Station

This spring house will be hosted by Old Fire Station, Oxford 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 industry audience.

The following South East based venues will be joining us to pitch their opportunities for partnership working: The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Pegasus, Oxford, Corn Exchange, and 101 Outdoor Arts, Newbury, The Kenton, Henley on Thames, Cidermill Theatre, Chipping Campden, The Theatre, Chipping Norton & The North Wall, Oxford.

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 and programming.

Accessibility

Old Fire Station, Oxford
There are two entrances to the Old Fire Station: 40 George Street via the foyer, and on Gloucester Green via the shop. Both are step-free. For more information visit: Access & facilities | Old Fire Station, Oxford and if you have any specific access requirements please do email us at info@housetheatre.org.uk

Call out to venues to pitch

We are inviting further venues who have opportunities for artists to work in partnership with them to join us on the day.

We are particularly keen to hear from organisations in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire who are in a position to offer opportunities such as artist space in-kind, producing support, commissioning or co-production opportunities and keen to meet with artists looking to make connections with venues and arts organisations in Oxfordshire and the surrounding area.

Audience tickets now available

As part of Pitch Up, we invite an open audience made up of theatre makers, arts professionals and representatives from other South East based venues eager to join us, connect and listen to the pitches of the day.

This is an in-person event at Old Fire Station and spaces are limited.

Please book your free ticket in advance (a complementary vegetarian / vegan lunch and refreshments will be provided).

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 Wednesday 22 April 2026.

• 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

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.