Future Arts Centres is delighted to announce that it will support Sophie Cade, Artistic Programme Manager at The Met in Bury, to attend FAMFEST CHILE 2025 this August, on behalf of our network.

Now in its 18th year, FAMFEST is an international festival dedicated to theatre and performing arts for children and young audiences. Sophie will be heading to Santiago to join EXPOESCENA, four days of workshops, meetings, conversations, showcases and performances for programmers and arts professionals from across the world.

Sophie was selected from our open call to members, which offered the opportunity for a network representative to attend this prestigious festival. Having worked in the programming team at The Met for seven years, she has recently absorbed full programme responsibility for around 250 shows and events a year, which puts her in a position to diversify, develop and support a growing, exciting family theatre and performing arts offer for both Bury and Greater Manchester communities.

Sophie shared: ‘There is a clear need in our community for low-cost, high-quality, and regular family experiences. By attending this festival, I hope to be inspired by the range and scope of theatre and bring my learning back to The Met to embed and grow our theatre provision.’

Future Arts Centres is proud to support Sophie’s attendance at FAMFEST CHILE as part of our commitment to providing safe and stimulating environments for the creative development of children and young people, and to facilitating international exchange and learning across our network.

We look forward to hearing how Sophie’s experiences at FAMFEST Chile will help enrich family and young audiences programming across Greater Manchester and throughout the Future Arts Centres network.