A statement from the Joint CEOs of Arch 468
For almost twenty years, Arch 468 has been our collective heartbeat—a laboratory of imagination, a home for visionary storytelling, and a place to blaze new trails through the arts ecology. Today, with gratitude and a creative spark still burning bright, we’ve made the deeply personal decision to close Arch 468.
This choice hasn’t been easy—rising financial pressures on the arts landscape have made running the company as we’ve always wished increasingly unsustainable, and we refuse to do so at the cost of our families or wellbeing. We are proud—beyond proud—of all Arch 468 has achieved: the daring theatre, films, festivals, productions that defied expectations and elevated emerging artists across the UK and beyond .
But this isn’t an ending—it’s a pause, a bridge to something new. We remain hopeful that we will find ways to come together again, in different forms, different frames, but with that same bold spirit and generosity.
To honour everything Arch 468 has brought into being—the people, the performances, the pulses of genius—we’ll be hosting a celebration in winter 2025. We warmly invite all who have been part of this adventure—artists, audiences, collaborators, friends—to come together and rejoice in the joyful chaos and magic we’ve made.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Let’s close this chapter with a party, an embrace, and a fierce optimism for what’s next.
With love, pride and hope,
Rebecca & Sofia