Arts Partnership Surrey (APS) is thrilled to announce the funded projects for 2025-2026.
After a very competitive commissioning round, APS has decided to commission four projects which will be taking place from April 2025 to March 2026. The successful projects are:
- The Sticky Dance – Secondhand Dance
- No Time to Waste – H&T Creative
- Delight in Shakespeare – Delight
- Reaching Out – DAiSY (Disability Arts in Surrey)
See below for more information.
The Sticky Dance – Secondhand Dance
Two dancers’ shimmy through the audience, weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in this tactile dance performance for young children.
They invite you to explore freely, to stick and groove or be still, watch and listen. The Sticky Dance is an interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children and their families.
No Time to Waste – H&T Creative
Watch the performance trailer here
Our innovative dance & arts project, No Time to Waste, combines performances & interactive workshops which will engage Surrey communities in environmental action. Created in collaboration with scientists from the University of Plymouth’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, the project uses powerful movement & a dynamic soundtrack to explore the impact of plastic pollution.
Delight in Shakespeare – Delight
“It feels amazing to be performing & it makes me happy to put a smile on people’s faces” – Child
Delight in Shakespeare increases access to theatre for children with low cultural capital. Through a seven-week journey with Macbeth, 540 children across 10 Surrey schools will discover that theatre belongs to everyone.
Delivered in partnership with Guildford Shakespeare Company, Delight in Shakespeare immerses children in a magical world of Shakespeare and sparks their enthusiasm for drama and storytelling. Throughout the programme teachers help children unlock Shakespearean language, devise scripts, craft sets and props, and design costumes, culminating in an original performance of Macbeth to share with families.
Reaching Out – DAiSY (Disability Arts in Surrey)
Reaching Out is DAiSY’s latest initiative to expand and strengthen our disability arts network across Surrey. By focusing primarily on four currently underrepresented boroughs—Elmbridge, Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath—we aim to ensure DAiSY’s membership and activities reflect the full diversity of the county. This targeted outreach will support the recruitment of four new member organisations, helping to build a truly county-wide network and enhancing representation across all areas of Surrey.
A key strand of the project includes Practice in Parallel, a series of inclusive workshops led by DAiSY-Chain artists Gerald Curtis and Xan Dye. Working with one of the new member organisations, the artists will guide participants through creative exploration using stimming, movement, sound, and drawing. The co-created work will be showcased at DAiSY-Fest 2025.
Reaching Out also includes leadership training programmes at two cultural venues in these boroughs, offering 20 disabled artists the opportunity to develop skills in facilitation and curation. The project supports DAiSY’s mission to support disabled creatives, increase visibility, and embed inclusive arts practices throughout Surrey’s cultural life
We are excited to get working with these wonderful organisations.
Arts Partnership Surrey 