ADVOCACY

Sixth Sense is committed to sustainable strategic development through partnership working.

Artsmad

This is a new initiative which establishes a strategic development plan for youth arts and arts in education within Swindon . Partners include the Arts Council of England, Swindon Borough Council Educational and Youth departments, Swindon Dance and other local providers. Sixth Sense is a member of the steering committee of Artsmad. Sixth Sense is also a key partner in the successful £1.3 million Invest to Save DCMS action research project.

TheatreWorks

Sixth Sense also supports the Arts Council's Swindon and Wiltshire Theatre Locality Plan at steering committee level to help art form development initiatives and any projects which support local professional theatre practitioners. This plan promotes partnership working and networking opportunities with theatre producers, regional venues, artists and funders.

Independent Theatre Council

As an approved manager, Sixth Sense works with this body to advocate on behalf of 600 arts organisations and develops best working practices for managing the arts.

Assitej UK
We are members and represented on the Steering Group. This role of this organisation is to:

•  Advocate for theatre for young audiences to be an entitlement for children throughout the world

•  Act as YPT think-tank and inform debate

•  Act as local and national ambassadors for the YPT sector

•  Gather information and concerns and report them to ITC and the Steering Group.

Co-producers and past residencies by visiting companies

Theatre Centre           

Trading Faces

Urban Strawberry Lunch

Watermill Theatre Company

Trestle Theatre Company

Collaborators Theatre Company

Cheltenham Everyman Theatre

Tilt Theatre Company

Salisbury Pl ayhouse

Jactito Theatre

Hoodwink Theatre Company

Swindon Arts Centre

Wyvern Theatre

Roy al Shakespeare Company

Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre