The Revels Office

About us

The Revels Office is a commercial and audience development consultancy for the cultural sector. We deliver arts-powered business solutions that reach audiences, unite teams, generate revenue and build communities.

Thanks to our experience working in-house and consulting for world-respected institutions from across the creative industries, we are ideally placed to unlock the value and impact of this vibrant sector. Our team is trusted to set out comprehensive and sustainable action plans for growth and engagement, empowering our clients to make effective and innovative decisions for their commercial, audience and organisational development.

How we work

From strategy to delivery, we provide you with direct access to the best entrepreneurial, creative and operational expertise from across the creative industries. We bring together a mixed project team for each client, ensuring you get the right mix of skills and experience, a high return on investment, and a dynamic consultancy experience.

What we do

Commercial development – For venue hire, retail, catering, ticketing and membership.

Audience development – Identifying opportunity and need, facilitating consultations, setting out strategic marketing and community engagement.

Organisational development – Taking a fresh look at how you work, setting new goals and structures, and optimising your teams.

Place-making – Uniting community, culture and commerce through comprehensive strategies, creative partnerships and practical solutions to bring businesses, residents and visitors to you.

Arts-powered business solutions – Making use of cultural assets to engage new markets and to develop new revenue and partnerships, as well as running design-thinking based strategy and engagement workshops made especially for the arts called Culture Sprint.

Take a read of our case studies here.