Women Leaders South West (WLSW)
Empowering Women of all Backgrounds to be Leaders in the Arts. Addressing the gender imbalance in the south west arts…
Projects
We are producers, presenters, collaborators and commissioners. Sometimes we are all of these. Here you will find some examples of our work.
Art in the Landscape – Connecting People to Nature
We celebrate our natural landscape and sense of place. Our team may be small, but we come with a wealth…
Live Landscapes
Live Landscapes was a pilot project run in September 2016 to learn if it was technically possible to live stream…
Dusk til Dark Illuminations – Peixos by Sarruga
A spectacular event which delighted thousands who lined the streets of Weymouth as Activate once more, brought a Dusk ’til…
Geophonic – a touring production
Current ProjectGeophonic is a sound-art, interactive folk ritual that celebrates the rock cycle. Geophonic is a site-responsive performance piece and promenade,…
Primordial Mother Speaks for Herself
As part of Inside Out Dorset 2021, Activate commissioned several works in response to Luke Jerram’s Gaia. …
Dorset Theatre Promoters Consortium
Current ProjectThe aim of the Dorset Theatre Promoters Consortium (DTPC) is to connect programmers across Dorset as well as share new ideas and good practice.
Pages of the Sea
On 11 November 2018, across the UK and Ireland communities gathered on 32 beaches to say a collective goodbye and…
Sura Medura
Activate are a partner organisation in Sura Medura, an International Artist Residency centre in Hikkaduwa, South West Sri Lanka. Established in…
Coasters
Supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund, Coasters was a three year project that brought world-class circus and street…
Life Cycles & Landscapes
An ambitious three-year project that ran from 2016-2019, Life Cycles & Landscapes was a partnership between Activate, producers of the…
Pollution Pods
During the last week of October, 2019 Michael Pinsky’s groundbreaking installation Pollution Pods attracted thousands of visitors to Brownsea Island.…