Dancer Yamit Salazar and Eliot Smith of Eliot Smith Dance company, will be joining Highlights again for Dance workshops with some new Primary Schools in County Durham. In early November they will work with children at Burnopfield Primary School, Burnside Primary School and Oxhill Nursery School. A critically acclaimed British dancer and choreographer, born in […]
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We\’re delighted to welcome Performance poet Sarah Crutwell, who will be working with Highlights for the first time this September, as part of our Participate project, Rural Young Creatives. Sarah will be leading Poetry workshops with children and young people at some new schools around Stanley, County Durham. She will visit Catchgate Primary School, Tanfield
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In July, our final Participate workshops for the Summer term were with returning company, Nearly There Yet. Co-Director Mimosa Percy – Rouhaud and Mas Wondmu led four physical theatre Circus Skills workshops with all the children at Shap C of E Primary School, as part of their end of year Sports Day. You can see some of
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Our final Participate workshops for the Summer term are with a returning Company, Nearly There Yet in July. Co-Director Mimosa Percy – Rouhaud brings 4 physical theatre Circus Skills workshops to all the children at Shap C of E Primary School, as part of their end of year Sports Day. We\’ve previously had some extremely
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Our Participate programme is having a busy June and July, with 15 workshops happening in schools across County Durham, Cumbria and Northumberland. It\’s been exciting to see Artists in schools and the positive benefits to students and teachers, developing creative approaches, collaborating and sharing ideas in creative writing, music and theatre skills. Thanks to Teachers
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‘Delightfully deadpan’ Meet Hannah Sowerby, the award-winning Cumbrian writer, performer, and comedian When she was 15 years old and at Appleby Grammar School, Hannah Sowerby chose Highlights for her week’s work experience. “I did admin and went to a play in a village hall. It was really nice to do something in the arts.”
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As the days get longer and the sun shines brighter, we’re spending some time reflecting on our fabulous Spring season. We opened with Ma Bessie’s spectacular prohibition parties and closed with Bulley and Mackenzie’s fiery, energy fuelled acoustic music style. In between, we met cowboys, gardeners, pirates, miners and Vikings, got our hands dirty with
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We\’re delighted to be joined by author Dr Yvonne Battle- Felton in June, for a two day Creative Writing workshop tour, with five County Durham Primary Schools. Yvonne will be visiting Butterknowle, Woodland, Frosterley, Evenwood and Cockfield primary schools in her first Highlights visit. Yvonne is working with us as part of our Rural Young
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In June, Duchess Community High School, Shilbottle and Seahouses Primary Schools will be working with Newcastle based Cumbrian playwright and performer, Hannah Sowerby. We\’re delighted to have Hannah working with us as part of our Rural Young Creatives project and workshops in Northumberland are supported by Community Foundation for Tyne and Wear. Hannah is a
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We\’re delighted to be working with Maddie again in July, as she joins us for Music workshops as part of our Rural Young Creatives project, supported by Cumbria Community Fund. Maddie will be working with GCSE Music students at Dallam School and KS2 children at Milnthorpe Primary School and Storth CE Primary School. With funding
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