This week your support will go twice as far
This week, we are proud to be a part of The Big Give Arts for Impact match-funding campaign. All donations made, between midday 19th and midday 26th March, will be generously match-funded by New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture – meaning your gifts will go twice as far. The funds raised will be dedicated to ...
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Online Seminar | Maria Schejbal-Cytawa
In this online seminar series, we’ll hear from Community Theatre practitioners from around the world. Every town, every country, and every continent has a unique way of working – what lessons can we learn from across our borders? Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope that this free seminar series enriches your own practice. ...
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Rivermaids: a radio play
Our associate director, Ingrid Jones, has recently been working with UWE Bristol and Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury to create a play from people’s ‘water stories’ – their experiences of Tewskesbury Floods, the good and the bad. This play – a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, was been co-created with community members of Tewkesbury. It is a ...
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Online Seminar | Patrik Krebs
In this online seminar series, we’ll hear from Community Theatre practitioners from around the world. Every town, every country, and every continent has a unique way of working – what lessons can we learn from across our borders? Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope that this free seminar series enriches your own practice. ...
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Elevate 2024
Elevate is a scheme run by acta and supported by The Singer Foundation and Arts Council England. It is aimed at community theatre practitioners and socially engaged artists who are interested in working with a specific community, and would like to develop their knowledge and practice of community and socially engaged theatre and arts practice. ...
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Christmas opening hours
We’re taking a small rest between Wednesday 20th December 2023 and Thursday 4th January 2024. You are welcome to email us or call us and leave a voicemail in that time but please don’t anticipate a response until the New Year. We hope you’re able to take some time for yourself, too. Stay creative!
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December 2023 Newsletter
This newsletter was sent on 1st December 2023 to our newsletter subscribers. If you would like to be one of the first to hear acta news, please sign up to our newsletter here. Welcome to acta’s December 2023 newsletter. We can’t quite believe that this is the last month of 2023 – it certainly rushed ...
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Creative Wellbeing Café News
The volunteers that run our Creative Wellbeing Café are taking a well-earned break over the Christmas period. The last session of 2023 will be Thursday 30th November, 10.30am – 2.30pm. The café will reopen on February 8th 2024 10.30am to 2.30pm, and we look forward to another year of creativity! We’re also looking for more ...
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Join acta as a Treasurer Trustee
We’re on the lookout for a new Treasurer for our board. We need someone to watch over our financial management, working closely with the other members of our board to safeguard acta’s finances and future. As a treasurer Trustee, you will bring your financial knowledge and experience to help guide the financial decision-making of our ...
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Platforma 2023: Counterpoints
The Platforma festival is produced by Counterpoints Arts every two years in a different part of England, in partnership with a range of organisations, artists and venues across many different art forms. This year, Platforma takes place in the South West and acta are delighted to host two brilliant events.
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