hÅb's Partners
Updated 28 August 2025
hÅb can only function in partnership with a host of other organisations and networks, some of whom are linked to below. hÅb is:
supported using public funding by Arts Council England (a National Portfolio Organisation);
a Divergency core partner — an ongoing artist development programme encouraging diversity in Live Art;
a Manchester Independents lead partner — highlighting independent Greater Manchester artists alongside 30+ organisations across our city region;
a Dance Consortia North West member;
a GMAST Network member — over 60 Greater Manchester cultural organisations brought together to address the climate and ecological crisis;
a GM LGBTQ+ Arts & Culture Network member — an LGBT Foundation Project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, supporting cultural partners to become more inclusive and transform how they engage with LGBTQ+ audiences/participants/artists/staff;
a Live Art UK member — a national network, supporting and developing the Live Art infrastructure for the benefit of artists, presenters, and audiences.
We are pleased to count among our friends and partners:
The Arden: Theatre and Performance
Artsadmin
Black Gold Arts
Chanje Kunda
Company Chameleon — Turn partner
Compass Live Art
Contact — Emergency, Social Experiment, Turn, and Works Ahead partner
Dance Consortia North West — Turn partner
Darren Pritchard Dance
Factory International
The Guinness Partnership — Domestic I & II partner
HOME
In Between Time
Lancaster Arts
Live Art Development Agency (LADA) — Live Art UK partner
Lowry — WTF Wednesday programme partner
Malandra Jacks
Manchester Museum
Michael Pinchbeck
Mkultra
MMU: Performance at Manchester School of Theatre
NIAMOS — Emergency StopGap partner
Pigeon Theatre
Project Auske — Turn partner
Proto-type Theater
Quarantine
Reckless Sleepers
Royal Exchange Theatre
Two Destination Language
UCLan: Theatre
Uncurbed Collective (fka Proud & Loud Arts) — previous Hazard partner
University of Salford: Theatre and Performance Practice
the Whitworth
Work for Change — home to Space for Change (fka The Yard) and our office
Z-arts — Haphazard partner
Past Partnerships
In 2012: hÅb partnered with Live at LICA (now Lancaster Arts) to produce the Getting It Out There symposium on touring; a FREE publication produced with the Live Art Development Agency following the event can be downloaded here.
From 2012 to 2016: hÅb was funded by Manchester City Council through the Manchester Cultural Partnership.
From 2014 to 2021: Sustained Theatre Up North (STUN) joined hÅb as a Divergency partner.
From 2020 to 2023: hÅb was a GM Artist Hub member — a joint artist development project supporting independent artists and freelance creatives across our city region.