Kate Lynch, Artistic Director of the Highlights Rural Touring Scheme based in Brough, reports on an eye-opening time of art, performance and connection in the far north of Europe. In 2025, I was invited to join the delegate programme at Riddu Riđđu Festival, an annual indigenous festival in the Norwegian part of Sápmi (Sámi indigenous territory). […]
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In six 36-minute episodes, four hosts and their guests explore the legacy of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative (RTDI), celebrate the people who made it happen, and look to the future. Since 2015 RTDI has been facilitating extraordinary encounters between dance artists and rural audiences. During a decade in which our relationship with live performance
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The National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) and the University of Warwick, with support from Arts Council England, are carrying out a research project exploring the wellbeing and economic impacts of rural and community touring across the UK. They want to look at how the work of volunteer promoters strengthens rural economies, supports small businesses, reduces
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As the nights draw in, village halls across Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland will be turning up the heating, drawing the curtains and stocking up the raffle prizes as they welcome audiences to a rich mix of Highlights performances this autumn. Showcasing new work alongside old favourites the Highlights autumn programme, whilst typically varied, puts
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