A national project

Activate's Role: Regional partner and Producer for the finale event

Past Event
  • Lead organisation for the national project: Kinetika
  • Regional partners: Activate Performing Arts (Dorset), Bay of Colwyn Town Council (Wales), Beat Carnival (Belfast), Estuary 25 (Thames Estuary), Fife Coast and Countryside Trust (Scotland), MSL Projects (Hastings), Out There Arts (Great Yarmouth), Stronger Shores (South Tyneside), T100 Festival (Thurrock)
  • Supported by: Arts Council England and Historic England
  • Finale event produced by Activate: 19-20 September 2025, Weymouth

Beach of Dreams invites you to embark on a transformative journey along the UK’s coastline, where creativity, community, and the environment converge. The programme unites a diverse network of organisations, artists, and communities in a shared mission to explore and respond to the pressing climate challenges facing the UK’s coastal regions.

This national project is led by Kinetika, who worked with commissioned artists and regional partners, whose works emerged from deep engagement with local communities, translating coastal climate concerns into powerful artworks. These collaborations are at the heart of the programme, bringing together local voices and artistic vision to create lasting impact.

Activate presented the finale event of Beach of Dreams in September 2025, as part of our Inside Out Dorset festival.

Artistic Direction: Jayachandran Palazhy, Artistic Director of the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bengaluru, India / Ali Pretty, Kinetika / Michaela Shaw, Activate Performing Arts.

Choreography: Charelene Low, Aimee Hobbs (The Remix), Lyn Paine (Movers & Shakers), Emily Thompson Smith (Dorset Youth Dance), Agnes Ramani (BPC Indian Community), Michaela Shaw (Coastland College)

Produced by Activate as part of Inside Out Dorset

Original music: Rob Blake

Beach of Dreams is presented by Kinetika and supported by Arts Council England and Historic England

Women of Indian heritage, wearing blue tshirts and holding flags above their heads

Participating groups

Dorset Youth Dance, The Remix, Movers and Shakers, BPC Indian Community and Coastland College Part of Portland and Weymouth Towns of Culture

Special thanks to Headline Sponsor

Funding from

D’Oyly Carte Trust and Weymouth Town Council with support from Arts University Bournemouth
Part of Portland and Weymouth Towns of Culture

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