Arts Council England has today (17 October) announced the successful applicants to the fourth round of its Strategic touring programme.

A total of £2.6m has been awarded to five organisations - Chrysalis Arts Development, The Dance Touring Partnership (DTP), Multistory, Rural Arts North Yorkshire and The Touring Consortium Theatre Company (TCTC).

The largest single grant (£1.1m) was given to TCTC which will use the funding to present five large scale productions at its member venues in Blackpool, Bradford, Cheltenham, Darlington, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Wycombe and beyond.

Rural Arts Yorkshire received £137,776 in order to set up creative collaborations between 180 young people aged 12 to 18 years and nine professional performance companies and digital artists.

DTP will use its £990,428 grant to expand its touring network across seven regions to deliver high quality dance productions in areas of low engagement and to develop audiences for the artform.

To see the full list if winners and their projects, click here.