News
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Kala Sangam announces first off site performances as building closes for redevelopment.
Kala Sangam will close to the public on 22 December 2023 and tickets are now on sale for the first events of an 18-month programme of performances at venues across the Bradford district while the company’s Arts Centre undergoes a major redevelopment. Beginning at Keighley Creative with a new play […]
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Kala Sangam launches new commission for Indian Classical artists.
We are excited to announce a new commission for work in or incorporating Indian classical performance artforms – The Kala Sangam Commission. To mark 30 years of Kala Sangam supporting Indian classical artists in the UK, we are launching a bi-annual commission, offering artists £10,000 to develop a new piece […]
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Nikhita Devi and Mithun Gill receive Samānatā: South Asian Queer Performance Seed Commissions.
Kala Sangam and Jaivant Patel Company are delighted to announce the first recipients of the Samānatā: South Asian Queer Performance Seed Commissions are Nikhita Devi and Mithun Gill. Nikhita and Mithun will each receive £1250 along with a week of studio time and mentoring support to develop their projects. Nikhita […]
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SAMĀNATĀ: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER PERFORMANCE SEED COMMISSIONS
Jaivant Patel Company, Wolverhampton and Kala Sangam, Bradford are offering seed commissions to 2 South Asian LGBTQIA+ identifying artists/creatives to support the development of innovative new performance-based work. Samānatā translates as equality. Seed commission applications for this performance-based work will place South Asian Queerness at the forefront of its subject […]
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The Audience Agency Appointed to Evaluate our Capital Project
Following a competitive tender process, we are delighted to announce that we have appointed The Audience Agency to deliver the evaluation for our Capital and Arts & Heritage Project. Creative Director, Alex Croft said, ‘We are really excited to be working with the Audience Agency to evaluate the impact our […]
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Kala Sangam is becoming Bradford Arts Centre
In May 2022 we announced our intention to find a new name for Kala Sangam. Since their appointment in August 2022, our agency partners Out of Place have been hard at work delivering an engagement programme that has seen hundreds of people feed into this rebranding process. Over several months, […]
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Help us evaluate our Capital and Arts & Heritage Activity 2023-2026
Kala Sangam is seeking an evaluator to help us understand the impact of our planned £7m+ Capital refurbishment and the district-wide programme of Arts & Heritage Activity that will accompany it. We are seeking proposals from evaluators (individuals, teams or organisations) with a flexible and adaptable approach to provide both […]
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Wordsmithery Competition
We’re excited to partner up with 509 Arts, Bradford Producing Hub and Mind the Gap to bring you the Wordsmithery, a new writing competition. Bradford is chock full of creative talent, and Wordsmithery is a chance for writers of all kinds to show us what they can do. We are looking for scripts up […]
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Mobius Dance Premiere New Work -Seeds, Dreams & Constellations
We are thrilled to announce that Mobius Dance, one of our associate companies, are co-producing new show Seeds, Dreams & Constellations at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds in May. FROM EARTH, TO SKY AND BACK AGAIN. Inspired by journeys of migration and tales of new beginnings, two women with […]
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Kala Sangam’s Heritage Interpretation Project
Help shape the future of Kala Sangam Arts Centre! We’re undertaking an exciting heritage interpretation project as part of our major redevelopment, and we want to hear from you. As part of the major capital redevelopment of our building, which will see Kala Sangam Arts Centre become a bigger, more […]