MAYK’s status as part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio renewed for the next three years

It has been confirmed today that MAYK will remain part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio for the period covering 2023 – 2026. 

This funding will make a contribution to enabling us to deliver the next two editions of Mayfest after the festival’s successful return earlier this year, helping to ensure that Bristol’s flagship international festival of contemporary theatre can continue to break new ground in 2024 and 2026. Alongside this, we’ll continue to develop a programme of heart-bursting national and international performance at key moments throughout the year.

As ever, we will be developing bold, ambitious new work with artists as producers, and will cement the MAYKING Space as a vital resource for rehearsal and development and creative exchange.

We are grateful to Arts Council England, to all of the artists and partners we have the privilege of working with, and to our wonderful audiences and supporters. 

We also want to acknowledge that this is a difficult moment for some as well as being a relief and a boost for others. And so we remain in solidarity with everyone everywhere working hard to foreground the importance of art in today’s world. And we’ll keep doing this kindly.