Alison Denholm is the Creative Development Manager at City Arts , responsible for nurturing new artistic ideas and projects, with a particular focus on outdoor arts, including carnival, street puppetry, festivals, and large-scale public events. City Arts has been breaking down barriers since 1977, reconnecting people with art, culture, and creativity. The organization champions those…
Nikki Charlesworth is a Theatre Designer and Maker, (including puppetry design and making), Facilitator and recently turned Animator. Nottingham born and bred, Nikki works from her Nottingham home. After graduating from Nottingham Trent University in Theatre Design, she was the winner of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund in 2021, and has since worked at the forefront of…
Excavate have been working with communities across the East Midlands and beyond to create largely performance based work that explores questions of place, culture and heritage. Throughout that time they have worked with thousands of people in many different locations to create often very ambitious work with large casts of local people. Over the last…
City Arts Nottingham develops arts opportunities that bring people together, stimulate change and create stronger, healthier communities. The company believe participation in the arts can enrich and transform people’s lives and have been pioneering this approach for nearly 40 years. A registered charity, City Arts works creatively and collaboratively with communities and particularly target resources…
James Thompson is Professor of Applied and Social Theatre and Associate Vice President for Social Responsibility at the University of Manchester. He established the Theatre in Prisons and Probation Centre in the 1990s and is the Founder and Co-Director of In Place of War – a project researching and developing arts programs in war and…
Retina Dance Company is a dance company and dance educational workshop for dancers of different ages, backgrounds and possibilities, based in the Cultuurcentrum Berchem. Retina Dance Company focuses on developing contemporary dance for children and young people. The focus is on natural movement, dynamic movement qualities and dancing pleasure. The 2 pillars of the educational part…