Alexander Whitley Dance Company
Extended support for Alexander Whitley’s technology driven re-imagining of the Rite of Spring together with a new work for Sadlers Wells East

Amici Dance Theatre Company
‘Our Time’: 45th Anniversary Production honouring the legacy of Wolfgang Stange (1947 - 2024), inspired by Stange’s own 50-year old relationship with the late Sri Lanken artist, George Bevan (1929 - 2023) - choreography by Wolfgang Stange and Elaine Thomas, Lyric Hammersmith

Ballet Black
My Sister, The Serial Killer: new commission choreographed by Cassa Pancho, Hackney Empire & Sadlers Wells

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet A reimagination of a classical ballet by Carlos Acosta - commissioning and production support for London premiere at Sadlers Wells

McNicol Ballet Collective
Here & Now: 5^th Year Anniversary mixed bill including a new choregraphic work by Andrew McNichol, Liquid Life (working title), with new music composition by Jeremy Birchall, Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music

Northern Ballet
Commission and London production support for Gentleman Jack: new full length narrative ballet by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and composer Clare Cowan, Sadlers Wells

Pagrav Dance Company
20^th Anniversary production: London premiere of ‘Rooh: Within Her’, choregraphed and performed by Pagrav Dance Company’s founder, Urja Desai Thakore, with writing and dramaturgy by Karthika Nair and live Indian musical accompaniment, Lilian Bayliss Theatre, Sadlers Wells

Sadler’s Wells Trust
London premier of new Sadler’s Wells’ Associate Artist, Oona Doherty’s ‘Specky Clark’, Sadlers Wells

Yorke Dance Project
Modern Milestones: mixed programme of new and seminal works to honour the centenary of the Martha Graham Dance Company; the 60^th anniversary of the founding of the Lewitzky Dance Company; in celebration of the Robert Cohan’s 100^th birthday; Christopher Bruce’s 80^th birthday and a new work by Liam Francis as he launches his new company, FranDanCo. Linbury Theatre

City of London Sinfonia
Exoplanets: interdisciplinary production in response to Holst’s The Planets and exploring the newly discovered ‘exoplanets’ in the solar system, including new compositions by Anibal Vidal (b.1991), Samantha Fernando (b.1984), Robin Haigh (b.1993), Theo Whitworth, Pauchi Sasaki (b.1981), and Zhenyan Li (b.1998). To premiere at Hackney Empire, tbc

Jacksons Lane
50^th Anniversary Open-House Weekend of interdisciplinary events

Protein Dance
The Magic Flute: a new, family friendly dance theatre adaptation, to premiere at The Place before touring

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Support for Drew McOnie’s inaugural cross art form commissions and productions for 2025, 2026 & 2027 Summer Seasons at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Tomorrow’s Warriors Trust
A Spotlight on Florence Mills: flagship production of the Harlem Renaissance Weekend at the Southbank Centre

Book Works
Alternative Review Culture: A new review magazine asking what innovation in literature, art writing and review practice might look like if those currently marginalised set the terms of debate

Fieldnotes
The production and launch of a print issue of FIELDNOTES (Issue 7) and a new programme of Open Mic nights in London venues leading to a new approach in developing and selecting work for publication

Forward Arts Foundation
Forward Prizes 2025: Young Poets Summit and Showcase, venue tbc, 2025

Conway Hall Ethical Society
Conway Hall Sunday Concerts 2025/6: Supporting the Musicians of Tomorrow Concert Series & Clements Prize 2025

Drake Music
Drake Music Presents: concert showcasing the work of five emerging disabled musicians from Drake’s 2024/25 Emergent Artists Programme, Rich Mix

Ealing Symphony Orchestra
100^th anniversary commission: Concerto for Electric Violin and Orchestra, composed by Angela Luq for violinist Roberts Balanas - Premiere St Barnabas Church, Ealing, and then the Cēsis summer festival

English Folk Dance and Song Society
Life by the Tree (working title): new commission exploring creative synergies between some of the folk and traditional music practiced and performed in England, premiere at Cecil Sharp House

EXAUDI
Wigmore Hall lunchtime showcase for young composers, curated by Alex Tay, and EXPOSURE2025 concert of new commissions for vocal ensemble, Milton Court

Foundation for Young Musicians (FYM)
London Schools Symphony Orchestra (LSSO) Young Composer Commissions and London premiere at Barbican Hall

International Guitar Foundation
Commissioning grant for pieces by Erollyn Wallen (b.1958), Bobbie Jane Gardner (b.1980), Cheryl Frances Hoad (b.1980), Ninfea Crutwell-Reade (b.1989), Freya Waley Cohen (1989) and Isabella Gellis to be played across 8 concerts in the 2025/6 season at Kings Place as part of their Celebrating Women! Programme

Irene Taylor Trust
Support for the 30^th Anniversary concert showcase of The Lullaby Project 2025: songs by parents who have been in touch with the criminal justice system, created alongside members of the Irene Taylor Trust music team, orchestrated by composer Nick Hayes and performed by a chamber group from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Rich Mix

Jewish Music Institute
2025/2026 Inaugural Concert Programme of new Artistic Director, Na’ama Zisser, to be presented across a variety of venues in London

Kings Place Music Foundation
Time Unravelling, Sound Unfolding: new music event curated by violinist Daniel Pioro as part of King’s Place Earth Unwrapped Season, weaving together music by Catherine Lamb (b.1982), James Tenney (1934 - 2006), Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016) and others, plus a newly commissioned installation by Pioro and Valgeir Sigurðsson, (b. 1971). A further collaboration between Pioro and Heloise Werner (b.1991) is also planned for a later date, tbc

London Philharmonic Orchestra
New Commissions and World Premieres by British composer Robert Laidlow (b. 1994) and American composer, Ryan Carter (b. 1980), and UK and European premieres of works by Spanish composer, Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (b.1970), and Brazilian/ American composer, Clarice Assad (b. 1978), across four key-note concerts at the RFH and QEH in the LPO’s 2025/6 season: Harmony with Nature

(The) Mozartists
MOZART 250: Celebrating Mozart and his contemporaries in 1775 & 1776 - A programme of 4 concerts providing opportunities for 7 young singers and a number of young musicians across concerts to be held at the Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall

Multi Story Orchestra
MULTI-STORY 15 YEARS: A CELEBRATION special Anniversary performance and commission from Kate Whitley and young Multi-Story composers/ performers, past and present - to be performed at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, and Bold Tendencies Peckham

One-Drum Foundation
Fusion Beats: Reinterpreting Ginger Baker with Grand Union Youth Orchestra, East London Youth Cellists, and Abass Dodoo - Venue tbc

Serious Trust
Take Five’s 20^th Anniversary Concert: celebrating 20 years of British jazz, as part of the 2025 EFG London Jazz Festival

South Asian Arts UK (SAA-uk)
The Third-I: collaborative project between Indian band, The Tapi Project, and London based The Third Orchestra; with workshops and performances in partnership with Tomorrow’s Warriors, SOAS and the Clore Ballroom of the SBC, as part of the London Jazz Festival, exact dates tbc

East London Music Group
Guilty and Proud: The Opera (working title); new opera by young British composer, Lucy Armstrong (b.1991) and librettist Olivia Bell. Venue tbc

English National Opera
Production support for semi-staged performance of Mary, Queen of Scots by Scottish composer, Thea Musgrave (b.1928), London Coliseum main stage, 2025

Music Theatre Wales
Commission and production of a new opera by Music Theatre Wales in 2027

Opera Holland Park
Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, the first Wagner opera to be presented by OHP, in a new orchestration by Peter Selwyn, to launch the 2025 festival

Tête à Tête
Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2025, 2026 & 20th Anniversary Festival in 2027, celebrating 30 years of the company

Access all Areas Productions
World premiere of Lifecycle, a new devised production written by Lesley Ewen; venue tbc

Ardent Theatre Company
World premiere of a piece by Ardent8 and Andrew Muir (writer and director) - venue tbc

Brixton House
‘Black Power Desk’ a new musical by Urielle Klein-Mekongo in partnership with Playwell Productions

Curious Directive
New commission, Black Sheep written and directed by Jack Lowe - venue tbc

Deafinitely Theatre
‘Barriers’ by Eloise Pennycott - to be presented at Camden People’s Theatre as part of inaugural season of new Artistic Director, Rio Matchett

Fuel
Senebesh & The Dolphins; music by Michael Henry, libretto by Inua Ellams; London venue tbc

HighTide
‘Make me’ by Molly Naylor; venue tbc

Ice and Fire Theatre
‘A Fine Idea’ written by Christine Bacon, inspired by ‘The Divide’ by ecologist economist Jason Hickel; Arcola Theatre

Little Angel Theatre
Staging of ‘Overheard in a Tower Block’ new adaptation of poems for young audiences by Joseph Coelho the children’s laureate

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Gary Owen’s new adaptation of Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’, staged by Rachel O’Riordan

The Old Vic Theatre Trust
Production support for The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson

Orange Tree Theatre Richmond
125^th Anniversary production of a new adaptation of Strindberg’s ‘Dance of Death’ by Richard Eyre

Royal Court Theatre/ English Stage Company
Support for a major new play in the Royal Court’s 70th Anniversary Season

Shakespeare’s Globe Trust
Cue Scripts treatment of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

SPID Theatre
Production costs of London premiere of Bluebeard’s Wives by Helena Thompson, Riverside Studios

Talawa Theatre Company
Commissioning support for a new play from the annual festival of new works, Talawa Firsts

Tangle Theatre
A multi-lingual reworking of ‘Julius Caesar’, adapted and directed by Anna Coombs; Clapham Omnibus

Unicorn Theatre for Children
Support for a main house production directed by Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw and a new studio show as part of a season exploring climate crisis and sustainability

The Yard Theatre
Commissioning new writing for the Yard’s opening 2026/7 season in their new building

Artangel
The Story of Fixity in Seven Acts: first major UK installation by Anglo-French artist, Noémie Goudal (b. 1984, Paris); venue tbc

Autograph
A Thousand Small Stories; first major retrospective of photographer Eileen Perrier (b. 1974, London)

Auto Italia
Inaugural 2025/6 Exhibition Programme of New Director, Maggie Matić, introducing a new slate of artists, in their first solo shows in London: Nazanin Noori (b. 1991, Germany), Bernice Mulenga (b.1997, London), Rob Crosse (b. 1985, Hertfordshire) and Del LaGrace Volcano (b. 1957, Orange, California)

Barbican Centre Trust
Encounters; series of three sculpture exhibitions displaying Giacometti’s work alongside that of Huma Bhabha (b.1962, Karachi), Mona Hatoum (b.1952, Beirut) and Linda Benglis (b.1941, Lake Charles, Louisiana): launching new gallery space

Camden Art Centre
First major UK survey of Guyanese-American sculptor, Donald Locke (1930 - 2010)

Cell Foundation
2025 Exhibitions and Public Programmes including the first London solo shows of Majd Abdel Hamid (b.1988, Damascus), Tanja Widmann (b.1966, Austria), and Ruoru Mou (b.1997, Florence), alongside a continuation of CP’s Central/ Eastern European archival/ discussion programme

Drawing Room
The Land Sings Back: an exhibition of expanded forms of drawing curated by Natasha Ginwala, produced in collaboration with Colomboscope, Sri Lanka, introducing UK audiences to thirteen artists from, or with ancestry in, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mauritius, Jamaica and Botswana

Gasworks (Triangle Arts Trust)
New director, Robert Leckie’s inaugural 2025/6 programme, including first London solo shows by: Nolan Oswald Dennis (b.1988, Lusaka, Zambia), Ben Sakoguchi (b.1938, San Bernadino, California), Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien (b.1990, Paris) and Umi Ishihara (b.1993, Tokyo)

(The Friends of) Leighton House
2026 Centenary Exhibition: The Arab Hall: a major three-part exhibition including 3 contemporary commissions responding to the Arab Hall, a display of artworks and objects relating to the Arab Hall and a specially commissioned film on the history of the Arab Hall, Leighton’s travels and relationship to the Middle East and what the space means today

Line Art Walk
New sculptural commission by Saad Qureshi (b.1986, Bewal, Pakistan)

Matt’s Gallery
Strange Evidence: site specific immersive/ interactive commission with artist Michelle Williams Gamaker (b. 1979, British of Sri Lankan heritage)

The National Portrait Gallery
The Anatomy of Painting: first Major Survey Exhibition of Jenny Saville (b.1970, Cambridge)

Photofusion Educational Trust
Photofusion Young Creators exhibition

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Inaugural exhibition of the new Quentin Blake Centre: Queer Comics, celebrating the work of LGBTQIA+ comics creators over the past 100 years

Royal Museums Greenwich
The Keeper of All The Secrets: an acquisition and two year installation and events programme focusing on Jamaican artist, Jacqueline Bishop’s (b.1971) decorated tea service of the same name, Queen’s House, Greenwich

Somerset House Trust
The Spell or The Dream: 25 Anniversary courtyard commission by Somerset House Studios artist, Tai Shani (b.1976, London)

South London Gallery
First major UK survey exhibition of Franco/ Moroccan artist Yto Barrada (b.1971, Paris)

SPACE (Art Services Grants Ltd)
2 major exhibitions of SPACE’s 2025/6 exhibition’s programme: Natural Connections by Andy Singleton (b.1983, Nottingham), and Hiddenware by Robert Cervera (b.1976, Barcelona)

Studio Voltaire
Exhibition Commissioning Programme 2025–2026: Caspar Heinemann (b.1994, London); Hilary Lloyd (b.1964, Halifax) and Dennis Potter (b.1935–d.1994) and Aki Sasamoto (b.1980, Kanagawa)

Tate Britain
First major UK restrospective of painter Hurvin Anderson (b.1965, Birmingham), 2026