Activate wins silver at Dorset Tourism Awards
Our Inside Out Dorset 2023 festival takes silver in the Tourism Event / Festival of the Year category.
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Nature Calling – Writers, rappers and poets unveil their new work
Nature Calling, a ground-breaking national project led by National Landscapes Association and executive and creative producers, Activate Performing Arts are thrilled to reveal five written pieces to inspire community connection to England’s 34 National Landscapes. Visit www.naturecalling.org.uk to enjoy the written pieces and to discover more. Dorset poet and writer, Louisa Adjoa Parker is one […]
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Christmas Celebratory Showcase – What A Joy To Watch!
WHAT A NIGHT. A HUGE THANK YOU to the various arts groups from across Dorset who came together for a festive evening of entertainment at The Bay Theatre, Weymouth. The audience were captivated by the range of performances and also the commitment and enthusiasm of all those involved. This year featured performances from: The Remix […]
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Remembering The Best Moments Of 2024!
As a lovely way to round up 2024, three members of our team – Jen Walke-Myles, Jude Allen and Emily Thompson-Smith – reflect on the stand out moments of this year. Jen Walke-Myles, Executive Producer, said: “This year I worked on our new promotional film to show the impact of what we do, and how we […]
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What were the ‘WOW’ moments of 2024 for Activate?
Activate’s Producing team have selected the most memorable and brilliant events from this year. As a lovely way to round up 2024, Dom Kippin, Caroline Suri and Michaela Shaw reflect on the stand out moments: from seeing Weymouth College students rehearse with Worldbeaters to co-creating a new noisy bookcase with 400 energetic school children, […]
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Nature Calling Artist Residency
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COUPLE OF WEEKS! Just under 30 artists from a diversity of artistic disciplines joined us to develop their practice in the context of working in nature and ‘protected landscapes’. These residencies were part of the major national programme Nature Calling which is commissioning exceptional diverse artists to explore and celebrate nature and our National […]
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Frank Wurzinger, award winning theatre-maker, actor and modern clown, shares the joys of modern clown theatre
Activate has an ongoing commitment to supporting young people, making performing arts accessible and breaking down barriers. Recently, we created 2 bursaries enabling Weymouth College students, Miles Evans and Olly Franks, to attend Frank Wurzinger’s clowning workshop at the Lyric Theatre in Bridport on Saturday 26th October. These students had been involved in the ground breaking […]
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Activate joins Without Walls Artistic Directorate
Activate will support the development and presentation of ambitious new outdoor work by artists based in the UK. Activate Performing Arts are delighted to announce that we are joining Without Walls Artistic Directorate network to commission and present the Without Walls Programme from 2025 onwards. The Artistic Directorate is responsible for curating an annual programme […]
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Relive two EXTRAORDINARY shows NOW!
Watch our NEW incredible film by Pageant Productions about the fantastic Worldbeaters and shows Fireflies (a world premiere) and Spark! that drew people onto the streets from far and wide to Weymouth: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1019807697 We Are Weymouth’s Dusk Til Dark event ROCKED with Worldbeaters’ processional show; it was an explosion of drumming, light and community performances that wowed the […]
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When Worldbeaters Rocked Weymouth!
What an incredible two days of shows by Worldbeaters for We Are Weymouth’s Dusk Til Dark. This free to attend event brought huge numbers of people to the streets of Weymouth and wowed everyone with the incredible light, sound and colours of the shows. Activate Performing Arts produced all of the shows which transformed Weymouth for […]
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Remix student wows judges with his wonderful work!
One of Remix’s long standing students gave an extraordinary performance at the Parkdean Talent Contest in Devon with his rendition of ‘Revolting Children’ this weekend. There was stiff competition with 13 finalists but this did not phase Sam at all. With three hour rehearsals to help prepare for this big moment, Sam presented his best […]
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What is it like to perform in a world premiere?
WEYMOUTH COLLEGE STUDENTS JOINED FORCES WITH WORLDBEATERS FOR A SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE AND A CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME What made Fireflies so unique was the amazing participation of Weymouth College students who had rehearsed over several days with Worldbeaters. This involved an intense process of learning new skills from high-impact drumming and dynamic choreography. […]
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