is the name we give to the vibrant community of theatre-makers from Bristol and the South West with whom we support and develop exciting and adventurous new work. Within this ‘ferment' it is our job to create a playful structure through which the best of these artists can explore their theatrical ideas in an ongoing dialogue with an audience.

Devisers, directors, writers, dancers, musicians, poets, puppeteers, live artists - you name it. The Ferment is a porous pool into which we invite artists who inspire us to forge new theatrical possibilities and make the theatre of tomorrow.

Ferment is a year round programme and is punctuated by two Ferment Festivals in January and July which is where we gather a fortnight of scratch and work in progress performances in an informal and lively atmosphere that invites feedback directly from the audience.

Across the programme you will already see a ferment ‘stamp' on a range of projects from first outing to full production, where a project has followed a Ferment thread through the programme to full realisation.

Information for artists: If you are a theatre-maker based in Bristol or the Southwest we are always interested to hear from you. We collaborate with artists whose work we have seen and which excites us, so if we are not yet aware of your work - invite us to see something.

Bristol Ferment is curated and produced by Kate Yedigaroff
Assistant Producer is Lina B. Frank

For general enquiries please email Bristol Ferment.

If you are a playwright, your first contact should be with Sharon Clark, Literary Producer

We have been awarded a grant by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation which is to go towards this area of work across the next five years. This money is to invest directly in artists, and will be used to finance a bespoke programme of research and development, mentoring, dramaturgical support, residencies, work in progress/scratch, commissions and production.

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