Artists

Artform: Puppetry Website: movingpartsarts.com Moving Parts Arts is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne and offers all kinds of innovative workshops in puppetry making and storytelling. They can offer general making/performance workshops, or they can theme workshops. If a school want a bespoke theme, they would need to factor in additional costs for development time. Puppetry […]

Artform: Music Website: katehalsall.co.uk Kate Halsall is a musician, composer and experienced teacher working in schools in Cumbria. She has led music and composition workshops for many schools, colleges, universities and festivals in the UK and abroad. Kate performs and commissions music for piano and other keyboard instruments and collaborates with a wide range of

Artform: Dance Website: meta4dance.com Meta4 Dance Company are based in rural Northumberland. Set up in 2018 by Charlie Dunne and Lily Horgan, Meta4 is a community-based company with inclusion at its heart. Meta4 Dance Company’s two aims are: To bring high-quality dance opportunities to young people with learning disabilities. To bring high-quality dance opportunities into

Artform: Music Website: mattjamie1.wixsite.com Matt Jamie is a theatre professional based in Gateshead Newcastle in the North East of England. He trained as an actor at Drama Studio London and since then has worked on both sides of the screen and stage, as an actor, director, maker of films (drama, music videos, theatre visuals, theatre

Artform: Music Website: maddiemorrismusic.co.uk Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, they take traditional song in new directions to shine a light on contemporary issues, offering new perspectives about the world we live in today. After graduating with a first-class honours degree from

Artform: Puppetry Website: lifeandlimbpuppets.co.uk Life and Limb Puppets is a puppet company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. They make high quality puppet shows and applied works in educational settings. The main characters in Life and Limb Puppets’ show ‘Dragon’ are all hybrid hand puppets, these puppets are easy to use and can perform beautifully (as

Artform: Music Website: hannabiell.com Hannabiell and Yilis are an Afro-Latin percussion and brass duet. Their music combines percussion, brass, vocal chants and mbira arrangements. They have facilitated workshops in schools, communities, and universities for over 10 years. Workshops involve music making as a group, percussion instruments, and learning about musical cultures. There is a focus

Artform: Music, Theatre Kema Sikazwe (aka Kema Kay) was brought up in the West End of Newcastle. He came from a musical background with passion for rap, singing and songwriting which he developed in a local youth project, where he spent most of his time as a teen. It wasn’t until his early 20s he

Artform: Theatre, Theatre ProductionWebsite: kategregson.co.uk Kate Gregson is a Cumbria based Theatre maker and Director. As a facilitator, Kate is highly experienced leading Youth Theatre projects from ages 7 – 19-year-olds. She also works with adults, stroke survivors, community groups and those with learning disabilities. Kate offers two workshops: TheatreThis workshop looks at performing, storytelling

Artform: Puppetry Website: www.georgia-hill.com Georgia Hill is a freelance designer and maker of puppets, props and costumes for theatre and TV! Georgia’s been involved in a wide range of projects and productions from creating puppets for local small-scale theatre shows to 10ft Ogres for The Royal Albert Hall. Georgia has a passion for children\’s entertainment,