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Susan Coffer joins Highlights as the Rural Touring Dance Initiative (RTDI) Coordinator

In January, Susan Coffer joined the Highlights team as the Rural Touring Dance Initiative (RTDI) Coordinator for the North and Scotland. What is the Rural Touring Dance Initiative? RTDI was launched in 2015 with the aim of bringing exciting and innovative dance theatre and dance performance to rural locations, and to support the established rural […]

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Q&A with Headteacher Clare Carr – The Dales Partnership

Clare Carr, Executive Headteacher for Woodland, Frosterley and Butterknowle Primary Schools in County Durham, which are part of the Dales Partnership. Our Creative Engagement Officer Kate, recently spoke with Headteacher Clare Carr about her work as an Executive Head and her thoughts about the benefits of workshops for children from professional Artists and Companies. Clare

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Participate Spring Workshops and Young Promoters opportunity

Participate workshops begin this week, and we\’re delighted to have puppetry and theatre workshops with the amazing Newcastle Upon Tyne Company, Moving Arts Parts at Kirkby Stephen Primary School, Brough Community Primary School. Later this month with have animation workshops from Robin Webb for children at Seahouses Primary School in Northumberland. You can watch some

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Highlights are delighted to have secured conditional funding from Arts Council England for 2023

Highlights are delighted to have secured conditional funding from Arts Council England for 2023, allowing us to continue to enrich the lives of people in rural communities across the north of England. “The Arts Council funding provides a real boost to Highlights, securing the next three years of our work in village halls, community spaces,

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Feedback from Primary Schools – Moving Arts Parts puppetry workshops

We’re always grateful to schools that give us feedback after workshops, as this helps us report to funders and our Board and to improve and develop our Participate programme for next year. We\’re delighted to have great feedback when we\’re working with a new artistic partner, Moving Arts Parts who are based in Newcastle Upon

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