Over the last few months, around 500 organisations and individuals – including more than 100 freelancers – have been collaborating in 30 Creative Teams to develop open, original and optimistic ideas, ten of which will be selected to go into full production for Festival UK* 2022. Bringing together talented people from across the UK and encompassing science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) this paid R&D programme has been a unique opportunity for people from a variety of creative backgrounds and interests to collaborate with people they might not have expected to, in new and thrilling ways. With the teams now presenting their ideas as part of the selection process, here’s a snapshot of the first few weeks of the R&D.

Good luck to all the teams!