Our work in the arts aims to promote overseas the diversity of UK culture, creativity, innovation and excellence in all artistic disciplines. We work across all art forms and with the best of British talent to develop artistic programmes and opportunities for collaboration.
We promote the best of the UK’s performing arts sector through a range of activities and events including tours of new productions, workshops and residencies, seminars and conferences, showcases and UK study visits for overseas practitioners.
We also advise and support festival producers to attend major British artistic events, such as the Edinburgh International Festival. Another aspect of our work is giving advice to festivals and cultural organisations on the latest artistic tendencies with a view to contributing towards their development of innovative programmes.
Find out more about our global work in theatre and dance.
Electronic, jazz, traditional, folk, classical and indie: our music team work across all genres of music to promote British artists in Spain
The British Council produces this weekly radio programme in association with Radio 3 (Radio Nacional de España) to promote the best music from the UK scene. Thanks to The Selector, Spanish listeners have the opportunity to discover the latest bands succeeding on global stages.
Find out more about the programme and listen to its podcasts here.
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We started our worldwide broadcast of this radio programme in 2009. North by Southwest is a joint project between the British Council and Radio Exterior (Radio Nacional de España) through which we promote the English language and the most outstanding UK cultural initiatives.
Find out more about the programme and listen its podcasts here.
For more information about our global work in music, please read this page.
We work with British and Spanish publishing communities to promote UK literature in online and face to face programmes and activities throughout the year.
One of the most remarkable examples of our work in this area is our cooperation with the Hay Festival Segovia team that spans more than a decade. Don’t miss out on our chronicle of its 2015 edition.
Our global literature website gathers together information about our main activities and projects, news from the British publishing and literature community, a worldwide festivals directory as well as learning resources nourished from major UK writers, plays and themes from contemporary British literature.
We promote British plastic arts through activities and events such as touring exhibitions, workshops, seminaries and conferences. We also develop ad-hoc projects for cultural centres across Spain.
If you are interested in Visual arts, discover the over 8,500 works of British art included in our Collection.
Our cinema team promotes the latest works by British directors in order to showcase the innovation, diversity and excellence of UK cinema overseas and to generate creative exchange opportunities.
Please, find out more about our global programmes in the audiovisual field.