We like the risky and small-scale, we like big ideas and artists who are producing works on the fringes of traditional performance. We tend to put unusual work into usual spaces for unsuspecting audiences.

What makes us tick is supporting, developing and programming experimental dance, the- atre, live art, installation and film.

We have programmed work at York Theatre Royal, The Guildhall, Illuminating York festival, in a pub, a club, a bus stop, a music festival and everywhere in-between.

SLAP’s 2018 activity is supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. With further support from The Mediale, York and North Yorkshire Dance Hub, York St John University, York Theatre Royal, Yorkshire Dance, York Dance Space and Festival of Ideas.

2017 saw SLAP’s first festival, the SLAPWeekender, which was part of Yorkshire Dance’s Artists Curating Dance project, funded by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. It aims to develop curatorial practice with a selected group of six artists, including SLAP, who are working at the cutting edge of contemporary practice and who are supported to develop curatorial ideas. The SLAP weekender was supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England with further support from Jerwood Charitable Foundation, York St John University, York Theatre Royal and York Dance Space.

SLAP were finalists in the Best Cultural Event or Festival category in the York Culture Awards 2017.

Tickets

We are committed to making all of our events as accessible and affordable as possible. 

We have decided that having a range of ticket prices is the best way to allow everyone to be able to purchase a ticket within their financial reach whilst also ensuring that we are able to continue running events. 

We ask everyone to be honest about their financial situation. If you purchase a ticket at the lowest price point when you could afford a higher ticket price, it makes it harder for SLAP to provide financial flexibility to those who most need it. 

Our ticket brackets are: 

£3 -  Low income or unwaged

£6 -  Student 

£9 - Concessions 

£12 - Suggested price

Adapted from The Green Bottle Sliding Scale by Califia Collective (www.califiacollective.org) and Leeds Queer Film Festival (www.leedsqueerfilmfestival.co.uk)