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Performing Arts is all about supporting the Welsh outdoor arts sector and uses Green Man’s international reach as a springboard for artists to develop new audiences and try out new ideas, supported by the extensive technical and production expertise of the Green Man team. It is now one of the key dates in the national Summer touring calendar. With an international strategy taking shape, we are connecting Welsh artists with new markets for touring and presenting international work never seen in Wales before.

We offer commissions, a test-space for new ideas and hands-on support, backing everything from emerging circus companies to renowned names like National Theatre Wales, Ballet Cymru and Hijinx Theatre as they experiment with form and reach. We champion ambition, production quality and creative risk.

Through long-term artist relationships, we provide:

• Specialist technical support and access to production infrastructure

• Mentoring and peer-learning opportunities

• Budget, location and significant audience reach

• An international exchange network

• An artist-led workshop & panel discussion

In 2022, we launched Green Man’s Global Exchange to draw on the international reach and reputation of the festival to:

• Promote Welsh artists and culture globally

• Establish co-commissioning and touring partnerships for Welsh artists;

• Invite international artists and networks to Wales

• Position Wales as a serious player in the international cultural landscape.

Green Man’s Global Exchange has been instrumental in elevating Welsh creativity and culture on the world stage. The programme has established connections for Welsh work to tour in countries including Ireland, Scotland, England, Spain, France and Australia.

The programme welcomes international arts organisations and practitioners to Wales, with a focus on the EU and regions that share Wales’ indigenous language heritage. Strong partnerships have been developed with cultural bodies in Ireland, Scotland, the Basque Country, Catalonia, and more recently Flanders and Brittany; connecting national and international networks such as Articulture, Outdoor Arts UK, Four Nations, ISACS, Surge, +Culture, FiraTàrrega, Catalan Arts, Circostrada, Zomer Van Antwerp, Circuscentrum among others