 HighTide is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England.HighTide started life as a three-day festival, opening on 6 March 2007.It premiered short plays by Tom Basden, Steven Bloomer, Sarah Cuddon, Sam Holcroft, Matthew Morrison, Pericles Snowdon, Megan Walsh and Iain Weatherby

Tom Basden's Assembly then transferred to Hay-on-Wye Festival 2008.