“This small, passionate company is a force for good”
Sir Nicholas Hytner, HighTide Patron
What we do
HighTide is a writer-centred theatre company, founded in 2007. Every year, we:
- produce new plays by East of England playwrights across our home region and beyond.
- run a year-round writer development programme that creates space for East of England playwrights to thrive.
- offer creative writing programmes in schools and community groups to build confidence, wellbeing and employability.
Why we’re needed
We are the only organisation dedicated to East of England playwrights. We do this because we care about our region; where we’ve called home for over 15 years. The East of England has been historically underfunded and overlooked, especially in terms of the arts. The talent is there but the opportunities are not. We want to help change that.
What that costs
However, we can’t do this alone. Every year, we have to raise £160,000 through private funding and this is where you come in. By becoming a HighTide Supporter today, you will be supporting the writers of tomorrow.
Explore the full range of benefits – and what your support could do for us – below.
HighTide – registered charity number 1124477
£10,000 per year, pledged for 3 years
We’ll create a bespoke package of ways for you to get involved with the HighTide work you care about the most: our work in schools and communities, our playwright development, or our productions. You’ll experience first-hand the joy and impact of HighTide’s work.
In return for your kindness, your bespoke package for being a HighTide Guardian could include:
- A 1-1 lunch with HighTide’s Artistic Director each year
- Personalised access to our rehearsal rooms
- Opportunity to observe a HighTide Writers Group session
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the Annual Playwrights’ Dinner, with leading writers and HighTide alumni*
- Your name associated with a HighTide production or project of your choice
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to our annual playreading festival*
- Invitations to any private R&D sharings (when available)
- Special access to our online season announcements with our Artistic Director
- Free, signed copies of any HighTide play texts published in the year
- Quarterly HighTide updates, including behind the scenes details and information about our Playwrights East workshops
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the supporters’ event for every HighTide production, including pre-show drinks and a post-show conversation with our artists*
- Your name in our list of supporters, online and in print
- An Annual Report showing the impact of your gift
Your gift might support:
- A writer’s commission for a new play
- The long-term sustainability of HighTide’s offer to schools, community groups, writers and audiences.
* = extra ticket cost applies
£420 monthly by standing order
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the Annual Playwrights’ Dinner, with leading writers and HighTide alumni*
- Your name associated with a HighTide production or project of your choice
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to our annual playreading festival*
- Invitations to any private R&D sharings (when available)
- Special access to our online season announcements with our Artistic Director
- Free, signed copies of any HighTide play texts published in the year
- Quarterly HighTide updates, including behind the scenes details and information about our Playwrights East workshops
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the supporters’ event for every HighTide production, including pre-show drinks and a post-show conversation with our artists*
- Your name in our list of supporters, online and in print
- An Annual Report showing the impact of your gift
Your gift might support:
- A term’s creative writing workshops in one school
- Running our East of England Playwrights’ Network for a year
* = extra ticket cost applies
(£100 monthly by standing order)**
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to our annual playreading festival*
- Invitations to any private R&D sharings (when available)
- Special access to our online season announcements with our Artistic Director
- Free, signed copies of any HighTide play texts published in the year
- Quarterly HighTide updates, including behind the scenes details and information about our Playwrights East workshops
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the supporters’ event for every HighTide production, including pre-show drinks and a post-show conversation with our artists*
- Your name in our list of supporters, online and in print
- An Annual Report showing the impact of your gift
Your gift might support:
- A week’s creative writing workshop in a community group
- Sound and lights on a production
* = extra ticket cost applies
£50 monthly by standing order
- Special access to our online season announcements with our Artistic Director
- Free, signed copies of any HighTide play texts published in the year
- Quarterly HighTide updates, including behind the scenes details and information about our Playwrights East workshops
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the supporters’ event for every HighTide production, including pre-show drinks and a post-show conversation with our artists*
- Your name in our list of supporters, online and in print
- An Annual Report showing the impact of your gift
Your gift might support:
- A writers’ fee to join rehearsals
- A networking night for playwrights
* = extra ticket cost applies
£20 monthly by standing order
Benefits include:
- Invitation, for you and a friend, to the supporters’ event for every HighTide production, including pre-show drinks and a post-show conversation with our artists*
- Your name in our list of supporters, online and in print
- An Annual Report showing the impact of your gift
Your gift might support:
- A one-day creative writing workshop in a school
- An actor for a rehearsed reading
* = extra ticket cost applies
* Extra cost applies, tickets subjects to availability
** Please contact [email protected] if you’d like to join our Friends programme using a monthly or annual standing order.
If you are a UK taxpayer, you can increase any donations you’ve made this year, and for the past four years, by 25% just by ticking a box at the checkout. Completing a Gift Aid declaration is one of the many easy ways to support us.
How can we help?
If you would like to speak to our Development Manager about becoming a Friend, please get in touch at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you.
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