Applause Touring

15/10/2026

JUST A WEEK TO GO before 'George and the Drag Queen' tours to us here in the south east. Audiences have been loving the show, describing it as "outstanding", "powerful" and "brilliantly acted". It will make you cry, it will make you laugh and it will make you think too.

Thurs 22nd Oct - Thameside Theatre (foyer) Grays, Essex 8pm
Fri 23rd Oct - ARK Cliftonville Kent 7pm
Sat 24th Oct - The Red Lion Manningtree Essex 7.30pm
Sun 25th Oct - Sunnyside Community Hall Rusthall, Kent 3pm

Pipeline Theatre Company
Thurrock LGBT+ Network
Stour Culture CIC
Claque Theatre
Arts Council England

Proudly supported by Create Tour Connect

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12/10/2026

CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND COMPANIES FROM THE SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH WEST!

DEADLINE: 1ST NOVEMBER

This is your chance to be part of Create Tour Connect and tour your show to venues across the country.

Alongside our partners Dorset we've launched a callout for a new piece of theatre from these regions, to tour in spring 2028.

09/10/2026

If you are an artist or company based in the south east or south west, this is your chance to be part of Create Tour Connect!

Deadline for applications: 1st November

🎉 CREATE TOUR CONNECT – NEW THEATRE COMMISSION!

Artsreach is delighted to release details of an exciting new commission opportunity, open to South West and South East based artists and companies, with the aim of developing a new piece of theatre to tour rural and community venues across the country.

🎭 3 hander (+1 technician on tour)
💰 £36,000 development budget + £57,800 to cover all tour costs
📍 Developed in the region, with 36 tour national dates minimum
💡 Deadline for applications 1 November 2026

🔗 Info: https://artsreach.co.uk/projects/create-tour-connect2

✨ Create Tour Connect is an innovative new partnership project, commissioning, developing and touring theatre and drama across the rural touring network in England. The project is led by Applause Touring and supported by Arts Council England. The first phase of CTC has supported tours by Black Country Touring, Just Some Theatre, Pipeline Theatre Company and Out of Chaos Theatre. Over 3,000 people have already seen a Create Tour Connect show.

National Rural Touring Forum - NRTF
AIR in G (Arts in Rural Gloucestershire) Take Art Beaford Villages in Action Carn to Cove Pound Arts Creative Arts East Applause Touring

09/10/2026

Create Tour Connect has been recognised for its "innovative collaboration" as a "successful cross-regional rural touring initiative" in Arts Council England's In Our Reach report, part of their development of a new national Touring Service.

Create Tour Connect was designed in direct response to many of the challenges identified in the report so this recognition and being included as a case study is particularly significant.

We're delighted to have been awarded a National Lottery Project Grant to develop Create Tour Connect and fund three more productions across 108 dates from spring 2028.

CALLOUT OPEN: We are now looking for a new piece of theatre from the south east/ south west, relevant to contemporary rural and community adult audiences for a 36 date national tour from late January – early May 2028.

DEADLINE: 1ST NOVEMBER

Arts Council England

01/10/2026

Happy NATIONAL POETRY DAY as we celebrate all the brilliant poets we work with and most recently those who have joined us as part of INN CROWD!

Thanks to the generous support of is The Hub , the doors of INN CROWD were reopened earlier this year to bring more live performances of spoken word, storytelling and poetry to local pubs.

Pictured: Luke Wright who will be performing at tonight

Creative Arts East
@.uptw
Forward Arts Foundation

28/09/2026

24/09/2026

The national tour of Pipeline Theatre Company's brand new show George and the Drag Queen starts TONIGHT in Cornwall!

Check out www.pipelinetheatre.com for tour dates in your area and find out what happens when 'fete' brings these fascinating characters together.....

Touring from 24th Sept - 12th December. Supported by

Artsreach Dorset
Spot On Lancashire
Arts Alive & Flicks in the Sticks

Arts Council England

21/09/2026

What happens when seven outdoor Applause shows are all performing at an event? It's one big party! Visitors to Witham Street Festival were entertained in every corner by all these fantastic shows at the weekend:
The Butterfly House HandMade Theatre
Tractor Time! MCDC - Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company
Arcade Mini Casson & Friends
Zig Zig! Autin Dance Theatre
Tidings for the Bees Judith Hope - Puppet Maker
Stephanie Definitely Reads Your Fortune
The Gazelle and the Hunter Sonia Sabri Company

Thank you Witham Town Council for having us!

10/09/2026

COMING UP!
The beautiful dance piece '55' by Stacked Wonky is weaving its way from the South West towards the South East where we are proudly supporting 74 year old Gerard Bell and 19 year old Ernie Shorten as they perform in Faversham, Tunbridge Wells and Bexhill on Sea.

Friday 11th September
Market Square, Faversham, Kent
11am and 1.30. Free, just turn up

Saturday 12th September
The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
11am and 1pm. Free

Sunday 13th September
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex
11.30am and 2pm. Free, just turn up

https://applause.org.uk/shows/55-years/

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