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Activate supports Dorset artist on residency with Complicité

Dorset artist Tilly Ingram will be attending the Mudlarks International residency at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking in March 2025.

Nature Calling – Writers, rappers and poets unveil their new work

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

CREATE! 2025 – open for applications

CREATE! 2025 is a free course for those who are based in Dorset and BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) that would like to learn how artistic events are created from start to finish. Applications are now open and the deadline is Friday 15th November at 5pm. If you are someone who has a creative idea […]

Dorset National Landscape and Activate Performing Arts become Major Hub in £2M Ground-Breaking National Arts Project

Dorset National Landscape in partnership with Activate Performing Arts is going to feature as a major hub in a £2M ground-breaking national art project, Nature Calling, which is funded by Arts Council England, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) and National Landscapes in England. Today, we announce the artists that have been […]

Art in the Landscape – Connecting People to Nature: Artists’ Residencies

THIS OPPORTUNITY CLOSED ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 2024 NATURE CALLING: ARTISTS’ RESIDENCIES Activate Performing Arts, in partnership with the National Landscapes Association, is running TWO FREE ARTISTS’ RESIDENCIES this Autumn. Each residency will have space for fifteen individuals and will happen in the South of England at the Corn Exchange, Newbury run by 101 Outdoor Arts and in the […]