Clown Lab is running 8 sessions of clown exploration for both those with experience and beginners. In the sessions we will be looking at the fundamentals of clowning for example finding pleasure, complicite, contacting the audience, the flop, conveying emotion, being authentic….. and much more. We will work on individual and group exercises offering [...]
Two of the country’s leading names in the arts will be appearing in Cumbria next month in a special benefit concert to help the victims of the Cumbria floods and recognise the effort made by some of the rescue organisations who helped out at the height of the floods.
Singer Lesley Garrett and actor Brian [...]
The post about a job vacancy at Apples and Snakes, the leading UK performance poetry organisation, was a bit premature as the job isn’t available just yet! However, they expect to make an announcement around March time, so if you’re interested , keep watching. Apologies for any confusion caused.
www.applesandsnakes.org
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Music and memories, thrift and thread for the Highlights Spring season
The new Spring season brochure is out from the Highlights Rural Touring Scheme for Cumbria and Durham. It includes details of fifteen exciting shows covering the whole range of performing arts and also has information about this year’s Contemporary Craft Tour, Thrift & Thread.
Performances for [...]
BLUEBELL BOOKSHOP
ANGEL SQUARE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
7.30pm THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER
POETS: MIKE SMITH, MARGARET WHYTE, MARK WARD, NICK PEMBERTON, & MORE! PLUS GERALDINE GREEN, READING PLEDGED POEMS
WILL JOIN YOU!! –
IN AN OPEN MIC SESSION
COME AND JOIN US!
AND TASTE DEREK’S GORGEOUS HOME MADE FOOD !! – Admission: free
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OPERATIONS MANAGER
Horse + Bamboo Theatre need an Operations Manager to run the Boo, their home in Pennine Lancashire. The Boo is a creative hub, a performance space, a quirky arts centre, a multi-purpose building. You need great communication skills, a good knowledge of health and safety legislation, some experience of working with [...]
Carlisle 21 November 2009
“…BITE. A morsel, a portion, a taste and a part of something bigger.” – Harley Quinn
On 21 November Carlisle’s residents and visitors can get a flavour of the arts and creativity the city has to offer. The one day festival, ‘BITE’, will showcase works from both established artists and students from the [...]
Are you looking forward to Halloween? As it falls on a weekend this year, and the weather is predicted to be ‘exceptionally mild’ it’s a great opportunity to take part in your local celebrations. If you fancy doing something more than the usual trick-or-treating, how about making lanterns or stilts – or even learning [...]
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Penrith Library has an exciting family event during half term week, on Wednesday 28 October. It’s a puppet show of Terry Jones Fairy Tales by DNA Puppetry and Visual Theatre - in an exciting mix of puppets, storytelling, percussion with DNA’s trademark blend of live performance and audience participation.
Find out why Thurtinkle loves his beautiful [...]
There can be no better place to be on an autumn afternoon than out and about in the high Pennines, and Alston Moor is definitely the place to be on Saturday 24th October, when storyteller Dominic Kelly will be leading a storywalk along the River Nent.
Enter the imaginative world of storyteller Dominic Kelly while exploring [...]