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Pollution Pods – Press Release

PRESS RELEASE    POLLUTION PODS   Friday 25 – Tuesday 29 October 2019  Church Field, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour   10am – 4.30pm. FREE (ferry fare and National Trust admission charges apply)    After giving world leaders gathering today (23 September) in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit a taste of the toxic air pollution that affects ninety per cent of the population in cities worldwide, artist Michael Pinsky’s groundbreaking installation Pollution Pods will next be seen on Brownsea Island in Dorset.    The series of interlinked geodesic domes were […]

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Individuals announced to be commemorated with Danny Boyle’s Pages of the Sea

Private Stanley McDougall VC and Rifleman Kulbir Thapa VC, who served in the First World War, will be commemorated in large-scale sand portraits for Danny Boyle’s Armistice commission Pages of the Sea in Dorset. On Sunday 11 November, the public is invited to assemble at one of thirty-two beaches around the UK and the Republic […]

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Music video released to give a voice to local people who are disabled

‘I Can’t Get to You’ is a compelling new music video that creates awareness about the barriers people who are disabled face. Click on the image to view the video: Produced by Activate Performing Arts and People First Dorset in partnership with Weymouth College, this music video with supporting documentary launched as part of World […]

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A Review of Matthew Bourne’s ‘Cinderella’ by AYB member Freya Garner

Matthew Bourne’s ‘Cinderella’ 9th March 2018 Review by Freya Garner, member of Activate’s Youth Board I had looked forward to this production, set in London during the Blitz. From the opening with the sound of air raids and strobes lighting and clips from the newsreels of the war, the atmosphere was set. Cinderella’s family consisted […]

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