Artist Imagination Fund 2025 – 26 Cohort

Big Imaginations is excited to announce the newest cohort of artists/companies that we’re supporting through the Artist Imagination Fund. Between November 2025 and March 2026, these artists, will be playing, researching, developing and bringing their amazing new ideas for children and family performance work to life!

The 2025/26 cohort of supported artists are in order of left to right. Edy Hurst (left), Natasha Kim Chapman (middle left), Ji Mei Janice Ho – Co-director of Herd Dance (middle right) and Elsie Shepard – Co-director of Herd Dance (right).

More information on each artists will follow over the coming months when they get their projects underway, but we can reveal the ‘working’ project titles.

• Edy Hurst – Project title: ‘Dream Park’
• Natasha Kim Chapman – Project title: ‘The Jewellers Daughter’
• Herd Dance (Ji Mei Janice Ho & Elsie Shepard) – Project title: ‘Home’

Check back in the coming months to hear more about these exciting projects!