BPH is an exciting project that aims to make sure Bradford is a creative city where lots of amazing live performance is happening all the time.
It is a pilot project that will test radical new approaches to producing live arts, supporting creative talent, developing a local arts workforce, and partnering with communities across Bradford to reimagine the city as a thriving hub for performance.
The project has been instigated by a consortium of 6 local arts organisations (a mixture of independents and Arts Council NPOs) led by Theatre in the Mill. The funding is not for these organisations, or our regular activities – it is our role is to make sure that this investment is used most effectively to benefit everyone who is involved with, and experiences, live performance in Bradford. The organisations who make up this consortium and who are responsible for driving the project forward are Theatre in the Mill Common Wealth Theatre, Displace Yourself Theatre, Kala Sangam, Mind the Gap and 154 Collective.
Across the whole project, BPH is working to deliver 8 strands: