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I stood in the centre of Askham Village Hall on a cold October night with a wide grin on my face. All around me, members of the community – young and old alike – were dancing. Professional dancers Jo Fong and George Orange had gently encouraged audience members to their feet at the end of […]

With some trepidation and more than a little cautious optimism we\’re incredibly pleased to be able to bring you a full season of theatre, music and family performances this spring. It\’s again thanks to the enthusiasm, faith, and dedication of our volunteer promoters at our village halls and community spaces that has made this possible

We\’ve now reached the end our Autumn season and it\’s been a real pleasure working once again with our incredible volunteer promoters and audiences to bring communities together, and to enjoy live performances in small venues across the North of England. Despite the ever-present cloud of Covid-19 we were able to go ahead with 71

In November, musician, actor and writer Kema Sikazwe joined Highlights to deliver participatory workshops at Shilbottle, Seahouses and Stanhope Barrington Primary Schools. At Shilbottle, the children created a song and they also had the chance to ask Kema some questions about his life and his music… Can you beatbox? I can’t… well I’ve never really

Our Creative Engagement Officer Kate, spoke to Jon Niblo about his work as Chief Executive Officer for NE Youth, which is the North East’s leading youth development charity, supporting young people and youth organisations in the communities where they live, learn and work. Highlights has worked recently with NE Youth support workers at Shilbottle Community Hall. K: Hi

  Our Creative Engagement Officer Kate, recently spoke to Jennifer Barrett about her work in forming TICE, which offers young people professional development opportunities within the creative, design and digital sector. Kate: Hi Jennifer! Could you tell me a little about your background in the creative industries and how you came to establish TICE? Jen:

It\’s National Libraries Week and, working in partnership with Northumberland Libraries, Gav Cross is bringing Twisted Tales for Terrible Children to schools and libraries in and around Berwick, Ashington and The Community Hub at Cramlington. As well as fitting in 3 performances per day Gav has managed to find time to put together a series

Well, we got there! We had a few false starts but, as of last night, Highlights Rural Touring have presented 41 live indoor performances, 10 art workshops, 9 schools workshops, 1 school performance and supported 4 outdoor performances since 22 May 2021. There have been many moments when we didn’t think it would happen, when

After a number of false starts and setbacks we were delighted to receive this week\’s news that we can finally go ahead with our Spring/Summer Season. Although things will look different with smaller audience numbers and social-distancing measures in place we\’re still really excited to be bringing some of the UK\’s best touring companies and

We\’re pleased to announce that Highlights has received a grant of £28,733 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. We\’re among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. Director, Kate Lynch, is delighted with the award: “We