It’s only 3 more weeks until We Out Here begins, Gilles Peterson’s eclectic music festival in Wimborne St Giles which celebrates old school and the newest sounds and Activate will be there too! Activate, for the second year running, will be part of the We Out Here Family Programme and we can’t wait to engage […]
ReadActivate is delighted to share that we have been invited to join Circostrada, the European Network for Contemporary Circus and Outdoor Arts, which increases our ability to form more outstanding international partnerships and cutting-edge performances. The priority of Circostrada is to enhance the knowledge and experience of its members and to offer opportunities to meet, […]
ReadActivate Performing Arts are thrilled to announce that we have been selected to receive a grant from the Talbot Village Trust for the development of a diverse-led youth performance group for young people of colour in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP). The Talbot Village Trust awards more than £1 million a year to charities working […]
ReadActivate Performing Arts is bringing two shows by the fabulous Worldbeaters to Weymouth this September as part of We Are Weymouth’s Dusk Til Dark event. Spark! is a high-energy, live music performance featuring the percussion talents of this UK based company, which will pop up in three Weymouth locations on the evening of the Friday […]
ReadAre you passionate about performance and would love to champion the work of a performing arts organisation? Activate are looking for a diverse range of people to join our board as charity trustees. This is an exciting time for Activate as we look ahead to Inside Out Dorset 2025 and plan another extraordinary programme that […]
ReadWe are delighted to announce that the National Landscapes Association has appointed their first Arts Development Programme Manager, Kerenza McClarnan, to lead the major new £2m National Arts Programme, Nature Calling, which will get underway this Summer. As partners on the project we are thrilled with this appointment. Kerenza McClarnan has worked on large-scale projects […]
ReadYou can transport yourself back to the most incredible moments of the Up & Coming DJ competition for Street in the Park 2024. We have just released a new documentary capturing the most memorable parts of this family-friendly annual event. There are interviews with members of the Activate team and DJs, dancers and creatives and […]
ReadWorking Boys Club’s new and exciting project cocreated with primary school pupils Jason and Adam Dupree, identical twins from Poole set-up the Working Boys Club in 2020. Both started in the trades: Adam as car mechanic and Jason as an electrician but both are skilled creative artists too and they combined their creative talents with […]
ReadKate Wood, Activate’s Executive and Artistic Director, discusses in this month’s edition of Spotlight the organisation’s role as executive creative producer for the National Landscape Association’s £2m project: Nature Calling. What makes Nature Calling a major national arts programme? ‘Nature Calling is the first major commissioning programme that the National Landscapes Association has launched and […]
ReadThis month’s Spotlight interview is with Holly Miller, a freelance designer and maker for indoor theatre and outdoor theatre. Holly is based in Bridport Dorset where she has a workshop in The Lyric Theatre. What inspired you to make puppets and props for theatre productions? “I have always been an artist and maker. I was inspired […]
ReadThis is an old article published in March 2024. The commissions have been awarded: https://activateperformingarts.org.uk/2024/09/10/dorset-national-landscape-in-partnership-with-activate-performing-arts-announce-the-artist-and-writer-for-nature-calling-commission/ National Landscapes Association in partnership with Activate Performing Arts are looking to commission writers and artists to take part in a brand new £2M ground-breaking national project called Nature Calling. Exceptional and diverse artists are now invited to apply for […]
ReadHaving worked at Activate since 2017, Dom Kippin has been producing cutting edge events for the biennial Inside Out Dorset festival, as well as special projects such as Dorset Moon, Pollution Pods, and Activate’s touring show Sense of Unity. Our Spotlight interview reveals what its like collaborating with artists and touring their work. How would […]
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