It was a triple celebration for Highlights last week, as we opened our Autumn 2025 season with a sold-out show in a venue new to the network. Over 100 people packed into Bardsea Malt Kiln Village Hall last night, to enjoy the first performance of the Highlights season: Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the […]
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Highlights at the Riddu Riđđu Festival, Norway – by Kate Lynch Since I started working for Highlights in 2018, I’ve enjoyed some very special moments. Along with attending the most beautiful and inspiring events in village halls, I’ve been to brilliant conferences, attended Edinburgh Fringe, enjoyed folk festivals and travelled to Canada for showcase events.
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Spring 25 has just gone out in an absolute blaze of glory here at Highlights! It was better than the West End in glittering Kentmere on Friday night when The Bench came to the Institute. Just about all of Kentmere plus 2 dogs were rammed into that tiny venue to experience razor sharp writing and
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From Hollywood to Highlights… meet our community programmer, the actor and charity worker Joel Phillimore. Joel Phillimore, Highlights’ new community programmer, has been working in film and TV since he was cast in Jimmy McGovern’s TV drama, The Lakes, when he was seven. His latest screen appearance was in the 2023 movie, The Boys in
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One afternoon, in January’s less than lovely weather conditions, half of the Highlights Team headed to Penrith to continue our community project with the Eden Community Tree Nursery. Dawn, Kate and Highlights Trustee Mary potted up tiny hawthorn trees, Joel spent the afternoon digging a hole. He was as happy as we’ve ever seen him,
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As part of our celebration, and contribution to, the ‘greenness’ of rural touring, we asked our Autumn 2024 artists if they used recycled/repurposed materials on their tour with Highlights. Here are the responses we have received so far, and a great excuse – as if we needed much of an excuse – for us to
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The National Rural Touring Forum have just released a pilot study, analysing a four-date tour by singer songwriter Blair Dunlop across rural venues in Somerset. This data was then compared the carbon emissions to a hypothetical show at an urban location. The results are very encouraging, and demonstrates how a rural tour produces significantly less
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We are delighted to share the very exciting news that Highlights Artistic Director Kate Lynch has been interviewed by Tom Raine, from BBC 6 Music. Tom grew up in Hamsterley and is full of praise for the high quality of work Highlights brings to these beautiful rural areas. Tom’s interview with Kate was broadcast on
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On the 17 September – under beautiful blue skies that didn’t happen in August – Kate, Kath, Dawn and Joel visited the Penrith Community Tree Nursery. Managed by the Eden Rivers Trust, this project is a doorway to conservation; a place accessible to all, where local people, volunteers and community groups could learn about trees
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We would like to invite you to our AGM! This year it will be held at Newton & Bywell Community Hall, Northumberland on Thu 3 October at 2pm. The meeting will be followed by presentations of our work, and there will be cake (there is always cake). Please RSVP to [email protected]/ by Thu 26 September – thank you!
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Talking to the Box Office...
