Acosta Dance Foundation
The Dancing Plague: commission by Ludovic Ondiviela for emerging artists from Acosta Dance Foundation's Advanced Acosta Training Hub, Woolwich Works

BalletBoyz
New Commission by Seirian Griffiths: 'The Principles of Contemporary Dance' - to be performed as part of BalletBoyz's 25 Anniversary programme, 'Still Pointless', Sadlers Wells; and again in Autumn 2026/ Spring 2027 at Sadlers Wells/ The Linbury (tbc) as part of the programme 'The Principles of Dance', twinned with a live re-staging of Christopher Wheeldon's 'The Principles of Classical Dance'

Dance Umbrella
'Folk Futures', 2 London Premieres for Dance Umbrella Festival 2026: ‘A Place to Dance’, collaborative piece by flamenco artist, Yinka Esi Graves, and Brazilian dancer/ choreographer, Poliana Lima and ‘Not for Glory’, a new work by Scottish Choreographer, Charlotte McLean – the former, Battersea Arts Centre or Tate Tanks tbc; the latter Kennedy Hall, Cecil Sharp House

English National Ballet
Support for commissioning and London performances of Body & Soul: a double bill of new works by Crystal Pite and Kameron N. Saunders, Sadlers Wells Rosebery Avenue

Hofesh Shechter Company
London Premiere of 'IN THE BRAIN' performed by Shechter II, QEH

London City Ballet
Revival of Glen Tetley's Firebird to celebrate Tetley's 100th Anniversary, Sadlers Wells, Rosebery Avenue

National Youth Ballet of Great Britain
New Production: Echoes of Tomorrow, Sadlers Wells, Rosebery Avenue

New Adventures Charity
New Adventures Young Rep Company Inaugural Production Premiere, 2 performances, venue tbc

New English Ballet Theatre
Commissioning grants for new works by Jordan James Bridge, and two further choreographers, tbc

Scottish Ballet
London premiere of new ballet 'Mary, Queen of Scots', choreographed by Sophie Laplane and James Bonas, Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue

Siobhan Davies Dance
Living Image: research and commissioning of 20 performance solos to celebrate 20th Anniversary of Siobhan Davies Dance Studios and the 50th Anniversary of the premiere of Davies’s iconic work, ‘Sphinx’ – 4 performance phases planned at Siobhan Davies Dance Studios and Dulwich Picture Galler

Aurora Orchestra
A ground-breaking new Orchestral Theatre interpretation of a major work in summer 2027, with programme details to be announced in spring 2027

Barbican Centre Trust
A ground-breaking cross- arts initiative, to be announced April 2026.

Chisenhale Gallery
Thresholds: Expanding Disciplines: a new live event/ performance series to complement the main exhibition programme, reflecting current interdisciplinary approaches and designed to build a sense of local community for both artists and audiences

Clod Ensemble
BOTANICAL: new site specific immersive work inspired by the botanical photographs of Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932), by choreographer Suzie Willson, composer Paul Clark and film-makers YeastCulture – premiere Barbican Silk Street Theatre, then touring

Grand Union Music Theatre
If Music Could: interdisciplinary music performance to honour the memory of Grand Union’s founder and former Music Director, composer and bandleader, Tony Haynes (1941 – 2024) – venue tbc but Oxford House and Hoxton Hall under consideration

Historic Royal Palaces
Imagining Animals: pop up performances in East London - various sites in East London

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
ICA 2027 Emerging Artist Group Exhibition: Supporting experimental, risk-taking, artists (title TBD)

Mahogany Opera
Ecstasy of the Virtues: new Commission by Nwando Ebizié (b.1982), an immersive, site specific response to Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum – London premiere and 2 further performances, Stone’s Nest

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE)
Breaking Bach: an innovative new commission and collaboration between the OAE, choreographer Kim Brandstrup and the young street dancers of Acland Burghley School, Roundhouse, QEH, Acland Burghley School and potentially other London venues tbc, 5 London performances planned (4 evenings and 1 matinee; confirmed), then touring

Roundhouse
Roundhouse 20th Anniversary Three Sixty Festival, Roundhouse Main Space and Studio Theatre

SANSARA Choir
Chronicle 时•录: a new interdisciplinary ‘choral theatre’ work by Alex Ho (b.1992) and Sun Keting (b.1993) of musical collective, Tangram, London premiere at Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s

Scherzo Ensemble
A semi-staged immersive production of Elgar’s ‘The Dream of Gerontius’, 2 London performances planned, venues still tbc

TACO!
Blurt! - sonic experiments in text: public performances and live broadcasts, TACO! Gallery, Thamesmead

Telling
Purcell, The Musical by Claire Norburn: a collision of music and theatre, London performances planned Oso Arts Centre

Apples and Snakes
Wordcup2026, a three-day creative meeting culminating in a showcasing of six young spoken word poets from the UK with North and Central American mentoring, at the South Bank Centre during the International Poetry Festival

Ministry of Stories
Hoxton First Editions: publication

Bach Choir
Celebration of Life (working title): Anniversary Commission from Jonathan Dove (b.1959) to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the choir and the 70th birthday of their Musical Director, David Hill; to be led by David Hill and performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, venue tbc

Fantasia Orchestra
10th Anniversary Programme of Orchestral Concerts Re-Imagined and London Season Launch; programme 1 (Indian classical/ Baroque) with acclaimed sitar player and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun (b.1991), programme 2 (Jazz, musicals & the 20thC) with Steven Osborne (piano) & Aaron Akugbo (trumpet), programme 3 (Strauss to Sondheim) with Niamh O’Sullivan (mezzo), all conducted by Fantasia’s Founder Music Director, Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Sinfonia Smith Square

London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)
New Commission: Laura Bowler(b.1986): The White Book (2 UK premiere performances) and 2 exceptional concert performances of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Barbican Hall

Manchester Collective
Manchester Collective’s 2026/ 2027 London Season: Black Gold featuring work by Bach, young London-based American composer, Luke Mombrea, James Tenney & new commission from young British composer, Sasha Scott; Constellations featuring work by Purcell, Kevin Volans, Sidiki Dembélé, Vivaldi and a new work by Nwando Ebizie (b.1982); The End and The Beginning featuring a new work by young Scottish composer, Ryan Gleave alongside compositions by Philip Glass and Edmund Finnis; Folk Like Us, folk/ traditional music-inspired programme, to be determined, QEH

The National Youth Orchestra
The National Youth Orchestra Summer Season Concert, further details tbc

nonclassical
A major new work for strings and electronics by young Scottish composer, Alliyah Enyo, ensemble tbc, London premiere at a venue in East London, exact dates/ venue tbc

ORA Choir (t/a ORA Singers)
ORA Singers 10th Anniversary London Concert Season: Victoria Requiem at St Columba’s Church of Scotland; ‘Spirit of Place’ at St Martin-in-the-Fields; 10th Anniversary Celebration at Wigmore Hall; Classic Christmas at St Clement Danes Church

Philharmonia Orchestra
Inaugural grant to launch the Philharmonia’s Creative Futures Fund 2026 to 2030, resulting in 7 new commissions, 24 concerts featuring new commissions and contemporary works and 4 groundbreaking, cross-artform multimedia concerts; related performances at the Southbank Centre

Sound and Music
Support for the London premieres resulting from the 2026 In Motion programme; performance/ production venues/ dates tbc

Tenebrae
Tenebrae 25th Anniversary London Concert Series: including a new work by Joby Talbot (b.1971); Associate Artists Concert and Workshops with a UK premiere by Josephine Stephenson (b.1990); and Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, originally composed for Tenebrae, from memory, Wigmore Hall and St Martin in the Fields

Union Chapel Project
New commissions planned by Ellen Fullman (b.1957), Marta Salogni (b.1990), Brìghde Chaimbeul (b.1998) and a third composer/ group (tbc) for Organ Reframed Festival 150: a celebration of the restored Union Chapel organ in its 150th birthday year, Union Chapel

Vox Urbane
Paradise Remixed: 2 concerts, This Mortal Voice and The New Wilderness, the latter premiering a new work by Emily Hazrati (b.1998), St Giles Cripplegate and Milton Court,

Wigmore Hall Trust
Support for The African Concert Series (ACS), 6 concerts presented over 2 days, and support towards the exceptional costs of the Wigmore Hall’s 125th Anniversary Festival

World Heart Beat
Silk Road Festival concert series: concert/ performance details tbc, World Heart Beat Concert Hall

FESTIVAL.ORG (Greenwich + Docklands International Festivals: GDIF)
Link In My Bio: The Mixtape : an experimental fusion opera co-created by Jennifer Farmer, Dirty Freud, Charlotte Marlow and Seta White – Promenade performances to take place over 3 days in public spaces in Woolwich Town Centre during Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

Handel Society
Production of Handel’s Tamerlano as part of the London Handel Festival, Shoreditch Town Hall

Helix Music
Rosalind; new opera by composer Peter Hugh White (b.1954), Chapel of Kings College, London

HGO (Hampstead Garden Opera) Trust Ltd
New production of La Sonnambula showcasing young singers and creatives, 8 performances, Jackson’s Lane

Opera Story
‘Where’s Ivan?’: a new comedy farce opera in Two Acts by composer Jude Obermuller (b.1991) and librettist Tom Powell (1993), 6 performances planned, venue tbc

OperaUpClose
Salome: a radical new take on Richard Strauss’s opera, reimagined in a new chamber interpretation by composer Phoenix Rousiamanis, Olivier-Award nominated writer Athena Stevens and librettist / dramaturg Toria Banks ; in collaboration with Broder and GBSR Duo, Arts Depot, exact dates tbc

Streetwise Opera
25: A dramatized celebration of Streetwise Opera’s 25th Anniversary with a mixture of newly commissioned short operas and favourite pieces drawn from the company’s back catalogue of commissions, two London performances planned: venues tbc

Actors Touring Company (ATC)
New production of ‘Darkling’ a one-woman show by Titas Halder, staged by ATC’s Artistic Director, Matthew Xia, Bush Theatre, exact dates tbc

Almeida Theatre
Support for an adaptation of the Iranian film, Under the Shadow (directorial debut of British-Iranian Babak Anvari; 2016), by Carmen Nasr, in a premiere production directed by Nadia Latif

Attic Theatre
World premiere production of ‘Boyhood’ by Conor Hunt, to be performed at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington, for two weeks, and returning before the out of London tour to Mitcham or Merton

Boundless Theatre
Accelerator project involving four bursaries to young makers with mid-process showcase Southbank Centre, and final performances New Diorama Theatre, tbc

Cleanbreak Theatre Company
World premiere of a new one-person play written by Clean Break’s commissioned playwright, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, to be co-produced and presented at Brixton House

Dash Theatre Company
Dramatic presentation of the result of the ‘Our Public House’ project, Marylebone Theatre (tbc)

Kakilang
World premiere of Internment Camp Play (working title) by Shayshay, Kakilang 20th anniversary project, Theatro Technis in Camden, New Diorama Theatre, and/or ESEA Encounters at the Southbank Centre tbc

Kandinsky
World premiere of new devised play; venue and further details to be announced

Kiln Theatre Company
World premiere production of ‘Please, please me’ by Tom Wright, directed by Kiln AD, Amit Sharma

National Theatre
New adaptation of Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ by Anupama Chandrasekhar, directed by NT Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingham, NT, Olivier Theatre

National Youth Theatre
National Youth Theatre’s new writing festival ‘StoryFest 2026’: commissioning support for four new plays to be written, developed, and then performed at NYT’s Holloway site

New Diorama Theatre (NDT)
Commissioning slate for 2026-7, in support of new work by diverse independent artists. Full details to be announced early Summer 2026

OSO (Old Sorting Office) Arts Centre
Two new productions directed by AD Lydia Sax: Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange, and John Cariani’s Almost, Maine

Park Theatre
World premiere production of Eric Sirakian’s Ermeni

Pleasance Theatre Trust
30th Anniversary support for 8 productions in the 2026/7 Main Stage Makers season: 

Maybe You Like It’s double bill of Down to Chance and Sorry, I Broke Your Arms and Legs; Acid’s Reign by Relish Theatre; Sharif by Tomer Aldubi; Dangerous Liaisons by Created a Monster; Remember! Remember!  a new musical parody; The Claykickers Chorus - Kenneth Branagh Award-winning play redeveloped and upscaled; Dirge by Katie Arnstein; and new musical, VAMP by SheWolves

Soho Theatre
World premiere production of David Harris’ ‘Tender’, main space, Soho Dean Street

Stratford East
World premiere production of ‘Bloodsport – after Helen of Troy’ by Ava Pickett, Theatre Royal Stratford

Vital Xposure Theatre Company
World premier of an adaptation by Madeleine Farnhill of Claire Oshetsky’s novel ‘Chouette’, Orange Tree Theatre

Zoo Co
A new, devised, interactive production, ‘3 Men on a Billboard’, involving the selection of different sequences from an epic body of 260+ scenes, Barbican, tbc

British Library
William the Conqueror and the Normans in England (exhibition title tbc), British Library main exhibition galleries

Delfina Foundation
2026/7 Exhibition Programme including the first UK solo shows by international artists Karan Shrestha (b. 1985, Kathmandu), Pilar Elgueta (b. 1989, Santiago), and Mohammad Alfaraj (b. 1993, Al-Ahsa), Delfina Gallery Project Space

Design Museum
‘The Nue Black Aesthetic’ exhibition

Freud Museum London
40th Anniversary Exhibition: Leonora Carrington (1917 – 2011): The Symptomatic Surreal

Garden Museum
Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) Exhibition and Programme

National Gallery
Support for the NG’s Bicentenary Fellow: Wangechi Mutu (b.1972) and her first institutional show in the UK; grant specifically requested to support the production of the exhibition catalogue and the artist’s travel to London to inaugurate the exhibition and present the publication, as part of the public programme

Peer
Cemetery of Martyrs: Dala Nasser (b.1990, Beirut) exhibition at Peer

Royal Academy of Arts
Richard Dadd, Beyond Bedlam Exhibition

Serpentine Trust
Adrian Piper (b.1948) Exhibition: support to go towards catalogue costs – Serpentine South