Under Artistic Director
Steven Atkinson, HighTide have premièred major productions by playwrights including
Ella Hickson, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig,
Nick Payne,
Adam Brace, Beth Steel, Laura Poliakoff, Luke Barnes, Vickie Donoghue, Lydia Adetunji,
Jack Thorne and
Joel Horwood. Lansons, a public relations agency, host HighTide's administrative offices in-kind within their Clerkenwell offices. This innovative partnership between a business and charity has won five Corporate Engagement Awards (2012 & 2011), was nominated for two
Arts & Business awards in 2010 and 2013, and has been profiled by
The Guardian and the
Evening Standard. HighTide is a National Portfolio Organisation of
Arts Council England. == History ==