What Is New Work New Audiences?

New Work New Audiences aims to significantly increase the international audience for contemporary creativity from the UK. This creativity will take many forms, both as an expression of the UK's unique cultural diversity and as a response to global demand for British creativity.

The different art forms can enable large numbers of people to experience the power of culture and the arts to develop understanding, trust and dialogue. Through the partnerships of New Work New Audiences, the international reputation of the UK will be strengthened with long term benefits for British society and the UK cultural sector and economy.

We have been working in partnership with representative artists, organisations and institutions in order to support high quality production in the areas of music, theatre, design, fashion, exhibition, literature, and cross-sectoral artistic approaches.

In 2011 we have been involved in the following events:

April: minifestival Madchester, international youth contemporary art event Eksperimenta and jazz festival Jazzkaar

May: music event Kumu ÖÖ, exhibition Gateway and literature festival HeadRead

June: exhibition Untold Stories

July: music festival Haapsalu Vanamuusika Festival

August: oper Parcifal

September: Plektrum festival and Django Bates workshop

October: Britten Sinfonia and James MacMillan