Activate Performing Arts are a theatre and dance development company based in Dorchester but working throughout Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole
I am a Theatre Design practitioner and senior lecturer on the BA/MA Costume with Performance Design at the Arts University College Bournemouth.
Cheikh Diop of Afric’Arts is a highly experienced African Drummer, African Dancer, percussionist and African crafts maker. Cheikh has led over 300 school and educational organisations, workshops and music projects in the UK since 2005. Cheikh Diop has performed at music concerts in the UK and Europe: Chelsea Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Under-Age Festival, Disneyland Paris, Natura…
Graduated from Laban in 2010 with a degree in Dance Theatre. Have spent the last year with MAPdance Company under the direction of Yael Flexer and Detta Howe, the post-graduate dance company of Chichester University. During MAP, worked with choreographers Yaara Dolev, Rose English, Gregory Maqoma, Ben Duke and Darren Ellis, touring these five works across England.
A physical theatre company specialising in collabortaive theatre and ensemble storytelling. We produce work in Dorset which we tour around teh region, the UK, and sometimes abroad.
Arena Theatre is one of the region's leading theatre companies and has been wowing audiences for over 20 years. They are a young minded and very ambitious amateur dramatics society who look to push the boundaries of theatre
Artsreach is Dorset's rural touring scheme, working with a network of volunteers to promote high quality, professional performing arts in rural venues across Dorset. Three annual performance programmes cover theatre, music, contemporary dance, puppet shows, literature, circus and more. We also provide opportunities for public participation, with artist-led workshops in various disciplines.
Combining innovative, high energy, ensemble storytelling alongside beautiful projected imagery and music, award winning AsOne collaborates with regional professional practitioners to create touring theatre about Wessex people and issues that touch, inform and entertain. Projecting the Future Remembering the Past.
BEAT is a street dance, break dance & parkour company which holds classes for children & adults in the Bournemouth & Poole area. We also provide workshops in schools & youth clubs.
BEAT was one of the first street dance schools in Bournemouth & now many years later, have over 150 dancers. Classes are fun, funky,fresh & energetic.
Auditions are available to be …
What do we do?
• BOK Club - breakfast and after school clubs.
• BOK Workshop - tailored theatre workshops.
• BOK Projects - holiday projects, where a piece of theatre
is created over five days.
• BOK Community Outreach - issue-based work that tackles
social or environmental issues.
• BOK Education - TIE (Theatre in Education) productions.
• BOK Production - tailored productions for…