Creative Crawley’s Spring 2026 season jam-packed with FREE or very low cost creative opportunities
Creative Crawley continues its mission to deliver creativity for everyone, everyday in Crawley with a programme of experiences specially chosen or created to feel inspiring and relevant to the people that live and work here.
Visitors to its recent open day commented: “Creative Crawley has given such a fun boost to our town” and “I had never heard of Creative Crawley before, but I am excited to learn more and go to another event.” Read on to see what's planned and make sure to book via the website creativecrawley.com.
In an exciting first for Crawley, Creative Crawley presents The Relaxed Concert by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In this playful introduction to orchestral music, fidgeting is fine and chill-out spaces are ready as it is specially designed for people who may find traditional concerts challenging to attend. No shushing. No stress. Just music that welcomes every single person exactly as they are.
Following her residency at Bewbush Freeshop, award-winning theatre maker Victoria Melody brings her 5 star Edinburgh Fringe show directly to the people of Bewbush. Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak is an unmissable comic story of high jinks, resistance and the importance of community which The Guardian described as “A joyful testament to people power, a heartening parable about the possibility of collective action.”
Three events will be delivered in partnership with WORDfest Crawley. Developed through conversations with young people across the nation, Debris Stevenson’s My Brother’s a Genius unites poetry, grime music and movement in an explosive new play about learning to fall, fail and find our own ways to fly. Made by Theatre Centre specifically for audiences of schools and young people, it follows the success of Dizzy by Mohamed-Zain Dada presented in 2024.
For the second WORDFest event we learn that Doodling Is Good For Us. In a fun celebration of international women's day, Creative Crawley invites you to doodle all over its pop-up space at Unit 79/80 at County Mall. Jo Harrison and creative colleagues will share with you a range of ways for individuals and collaborators to get creative with improvised drawing and some other, more unusual approaches, while Maggie Slabon will be sharing ways to create doodles and projection map them onto objects in the space. You can even use VR headsets to step into drawings through virtual reality.
Finally, the power of words is celebrated further in Crawley Forthwrite Festival, a literature festival celebrating women writers over 50. The day will include a morning of inspiring workshops and award-winning British writer and memoirist Monique Roffey (Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature) will headline an afternoon of panel discussions.
Creative Crawley continues to champion local artists, commissioning four brand new art works for display in the Window Gallery at West Green Studios and Unit 79/80 County Mall. Work by Beth Williams, Pearl Makayi and Tracey Graham can be viewed at any time from December to March. There will also be a special January sale of works by local, professional artists at this exciting creative artist and maker space.
Building on the success of our first Woffees (Wednesday Coffees) in 2025, visual artist Sarah Maple invites professional creatives in Crawley to discuss ideas over a cuppa, offering a creative community and sounding board for folk who can often work alone. The opportunities to socialise don’t end there.
Many people within the LGBT community never got the chance to experience prom as their true selves, or with the person they would have liked to go with. Crawley LGBT in collaboration with Creative Crawley are putting this right, recreating the experience of a real high school Prom Night. With drag queens and a disco, it’s time to glam yourself up, grab your dancing shoes and join the fun.
Why not Come With Us, as Creative Crawley offers a number of opportunities to join trips? Browse exhibits and see behind the scenes at V&A Storehouse or dance along to the joyous sounds of West Africa at a live performance by African Night Fever.
The programme also features a range of Playmaker events, inviting local people to chat to the team about what they would like to see in a Town-wide festival for Crawley in 2027.
For booking details, venue information and more about all events in the Spring Season, visit www.creativecrawley.com.
For further information and press enquiries about the Spring 2026 Season, please contact the team on [email protected].
LISTINGS:
Crawley Creatives: Woffee!: Wednesdays 21 Jan, 18 Feb, 18 March, 10am - 12pm, West Green Studios
West Green and Unit 79/80 Window Gallery Commissions: From December 2025 to March 2026, any time, West Green Studios
Playmakers’ Feast with Guest Speaker Vicki Dela Amedume MBE: Tuesday 27 January, 6-8pm, Unit 79/80, County Mall
West Green Studios Artists’ Sale: Saturday 31 January, 12-6pm, West Green Studios
Crawley LGBT Unmasked Prom Night: Saturday 14 February, 6.30-10pm, Unit 79/80, County Mall
Playmakers’ Open Day: Wednesday 18 February, 11am-3.30pm, Unit 79/80, County Mall
Come With Us to V&A Storehouse: Saturday 21 February, 10-5pm
Victoria Melody’s Trouble, Struggle, Bubble & Squeak: Saturday 21 February, 7.30pm, Bewbush Community Centre
Doodling is Good for Us: Sunday 8 March, 2-4pm, Unit 79/80, County Mall
Crawley Forthwrite Festival: Saturday 14 March, 10am-pm, Unit 79/80, County Mall