Lead Organisation
New Vic Theatre is Appetite’s lead organisation. The award-winning New Vic was the first purpose-built theatre-in-the-round in Europe and produces a year-round programme that includes up to nine in-house productions.New Vic has deep roots in the community and uses participatory theatre to support the regeneration of ourregion by improving life expectations, raising aspiration and achievement, challenging prejudice, and improvingthe quality of life for disadvantaged people.
Funders

Arts Council England (ACE) is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working toenrich people’s lives. ACE support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre tovisual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
Creative People and Places is a national programme which focuses on parts of the country where involvement increativity and culture is significantly below the national average. It funds consortium partners in eligible localauthority areas to empower local people to decide what kind of creative activity they want to experience in theirplace. This programme is made possible thanks to National Lottery players, who raise £30 million for GoodCauses each week.