Venues North is a network of venues from across the North of England who are committed to supporting artists to create new work. Our aim is to work together as venues to support new and emerging artists from the North to get their work more widely seen regionally, nationally and internationally.
By new work, we mean new theatre and performance, usually devised work or new writing, or work that explores the boundaries of theatrical form.
Venues North is not a closed network or an exclusive group of venues. It is a paid membership organisation open to any venue in the North that shares our commitment to supporting artists making new work.
Originally brought together by Annabel Turpin, the group is now chaired by ARC’s Chief Executive & Creative Director, Alexander Ferris, and meets three times a year.

Current publications include:

Routes In: A Guide to Getting New Work Programmed in the North of England – view at the bottom of this page.
 

Current members include:

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
ARC, Stockton
Barnsley Civic
Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Carriageworks, Leeds
Cast, Doncaster
Crewe Lyceum, Crewe
Darlington Hippodrome, Darlington
Enable Us – University of Sheffield Performance Venues
Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate
HOME, Manchester
Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
Interplay, Leeds
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Leeds Playhouse, Leeds
Live Theatre, Newcastle
Liverpool Lighthouse, Liverpool
Liverpool’s Royal Court, Liverpool
New Adelphi Theatre, Salford
Northern Stage, Newcastle 
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Oldham Library Studio, Oldham
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield
Slung Low’s HUB, Leeds
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Storyhouse, Chester
Sunderland Culture Company, Washington
The Arts Centre – Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
The Atkinson, Southport
The Dukes, Lancaster
The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre, Chorlton
The Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool
The Lowry, Salford
The Muni Theatre, Colne
The Old Electric, Blackpool
The Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Theatre in the Mill, Bradford
Theatre Royal Wakefield
Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Waterside, Sale
York Theatre Royal, York
Your Trust, Rochdale
Z-arts, Manchester