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Take the Space is a creative production hub for Black and multi-ethnic talent to invent, play and discover new stories, new work and new perspectives

About Us

Take the Space is a home for BAME talent to invent, play and discover - new stories, new talent and new perspectives.

Designed to enable talent to grow, Take the Space aims to support the embedding of the Black British cultural voice as a part, rather than apart from UK cultural life. With digital at its core, the programme responds to the globalisation of the black perspective, providing a voice of cultural leadership that tells the unique story of the UK’s heritage; diverse, dynamic and multi-perspective.

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Our Services

Along with our commissioning partners, we provide creative opportunities for hundreds of minority ethnic artists every year through platform events, festivals, commissions, artist events and performance.

Consult

We work with a range of partners on projects around strategic diversity planning be that recruitment and retention planning; policy development; organisational evaluation, knowledge sharing or research.

Collaborate

Take the Space Productions is an inspiration space for black creative talent, built on principles of collaboration, sharing of resources and the inter-connectivity between maker, producer and audience. TTS seeks to build mutually beneficial spaces and in doing so, we collaborate with a range of partners from local businesses to academics; individual artists to institutions.

Produce

Our producing vision is to seek out, invest in and grow platforms and opportunities for black talent to flourish; responding to ideas, passion and artistic drive to make work happen. The consultancy has raised over £3.5m for projects ranging from individual funding for work for £10K through to major national projects of over £600K through to festivals, artist commissions, retreats and residencies and region-wide partnerships.