Chol Theatre
We love you all!
Chol Theatre is revenue funded by Arts Council England and Kirklees Council.
Chol gratefully acknowledges support from a wide range of other organisations and individuals. This enables us to make great theatre for and with audiences all over the country.
On this page you'll also find links to info about some of the fab artists we're currently working with.
We couldn’t make the work without you.
Chol Theatre is a registered charity (1044256) and a company limited by guarantee (3012433).
Arts Council England
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in experiences that enrich people's lives. Chol Theatre is a regularly funded organisation.
Kirklees Council
Kirklees Council supports the Creative Kirklees vision which states, 'By 2020, Kirklees is world renowned as a place where you can see, hear, touch and experience creativity all around you'. Chol Theatre receives funding as part of the Kirklees Creative Partners Investment Programme.
iMove
Inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games , imove brings together energising, innovative and fun projects that ask you how you feel in your own body and challenge you to feel differently.
Sheffield Hallam University Sports Science Department
The Centre for Sport and Exercise Science (CSES) boosts one of the largest physical activity and sport related portfolios of research expertise in the UK, if not Europe.
Cape UK
CapeUK is a leading independent research and development agency in the field of creativity, learning and development.
Lawrence Batley Theatre
The LBT is a magnet for pioneering and creative companies. Chol Theatre is a resident company at the LBT.
Paul Floyd Blake
Paul Floyd Blake is a photographer who works on artistic commissions, as well as with cultural organisations and clients in public and commercial sectors. Winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s 2009 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.
Jason Minsky
Jason Minksy is a UK based artist. His practice combines performance, photography, installation, design, craft, events and interventions.
Company Chameleon
Company Chameleon believes in Dance Theatre as a vital method for social change. Their work allows the viewer to experience the art of dance whilst tackling challenging issues in inventive ways that allows the viewer access and inclusion.
Kaite O'Reilly
Kaite O’Reilly is a multi award winning playwright whose work is regularly staged on an international basis. Her most recent commissions include: a new version of Aeschylus’ ‘The Persians’ for National Theatre Wales.
Lisa Baxter
Lisa Baxter is a consultant to the arts and cultural sector offering Strategic and Applied Marketing, Brand Development and Qualitative Research.
Wonder Associates
Wonder Associates is a design consultancy specialising in arts, culture and leisure - and are the team behind the design and development on the Chol website.
Amanda Crowther
One of Yorkshire's most creative photographers, Amanda is responsible for taking some of Chol's amazing production shots.