About activate and this site
Welcome to Activate - the theatre and dance development agency for Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. Take a look through our website at what's going on in theatre and dance and what we do.
Highlights
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Activate is recruiting for a dynamic new outdoor events & celebrations team and embracing cross art form disciplinesOutdoor Events & Celebrations Manager - £30,000, F/T 2 year fixed term contract Festival Producer for Inside Out 2010 - £25,000 pro rata, P/T 9 month fixed term contract Festival Producer for B-Side Multi-Media Festival 2010 - £25,000 pro rata, P/T 12 month fixed term contract Carnival / Processions Co-ordinator - £25,000 pro rata P/T 18 months fixed term contract We are looking for imaginative, experienced and committed people to work in outdoor events and celebrations across Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. Two major festivals, commissions, carnival and professional development make up a major new area of work in the county. The Cultural Olympiad and the Jurassic Coast offer an important canvas on which to work. Take a look at the roles and get in touch with us if you have the skills and enthusiasm to take up the challenge. For full details on a particular post then please download a pack (cover letter and job description in PDF form) from the links below or contact Activate on: 01202 884340 or email: info@activateperformingarts.org.uk Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 8 February 2010 Interviews to be held: 22-25 February 2010 Click on this link to download a general cover letter Click on this link to download the Outdoor Events & Celebrations Manager job description Click on this link to download the Inside Out Festival Producer job description Click on this link to download the B-Side Festival Producer job description Click on this link to download the Carnival / Processions Co-ordinator job description Activate is an equal opportunities employer. Activate is funded by Arts Council England South West, Dorset County Council, Bournemouth Borough Council and Borough of Poole and is a member of Dance South West and Theatre South West. Outdoor work has also received extra funding from the Dorset Strategic Partnership, Inside Out Festival, National Lottery, B-Side Festival and Jurassic Coast . |
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Bookings now being taken for Stan Won’t Dance Boys WorkshopAge 15+ 18 February 2010 10.30 – 12.30am Function Room 1, Lighthouse Poole's Centre for the Arts £4.00 Led by two members of Stan Won't Dance, you will gain an insight into the company’s creative and devising processes. Using both physically and vocal techniques participants will explore the integration of movement with text. Our workshops are highly physical, we employ a mixture of movement and dance styles from contact partnering to martial arts, from boot camp to yoga and the themes we explore are issue based. We create work because we want to make a comment on issues that effect our lives in contemporary Britain. If you would like to book a place then please contact the Lighthouse box office on 0844 406 8666 |
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Akram Khan Dance WorkshopInternationally renowned and award winning Akram Khan Dance Company will be visiting the Lighthouse, Poole in March, and post graduates dancers, dance practitioners and dance teachers are invited to participate in one of their bespoke workshops. Activate, are organising the workshop, which takes place at Bournemouth and Poole College on Thursday 25th March from 12.15pm to 2pm and is open to any professional dancers for free provided they have booked a ticket for the show. |
Stage Manager Call OutNEW MUSICAL ‘LOOSE CHANGE’ REQUIRES A STAGE MANAGER - Experience required - Good level of commitment needed. - Rehearsals March to October 2010. ‘Loose Change’ is based in a 1950’s basement club in London. Set to a jazz-blues style soundtrack, the story focus on a club singer whose life gets trapped in the bottle. Will she face ruin or escape from its clutches? Written by Lisa Gaye Wright Directed by Eileen Rawlings To be shown at local venues, including the Lighthouse Studio in Autumn/Winter 2010. Please note this position is unpaid. If you have any questions or would like any further information then please call 01202 776390 or 07922 127105 |
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Elevate 2010 - A great success and a fantastic evening.
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UK HIP HOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - SOUTHERN REGIONSunday 31st January at Carrington House Hotel. Competition open to to ages 7 - adults. Competition time is 12 - 4pm. |
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A New Cabaret by Double Act Disability Theatre Bournemouth-based Double Act Disability Theatre* is about
to tour an exciting cabaret show to schools and community
venues over the winter season. UK’s leading disabled comic
and actor, Mat Fraser has joined forces with Double Act Whirling Dog Superstars Show is a new departure for the group.
Instead of devising a full-length play, this Revue-style format
features short interludes of drama, dance, comedy, singing,
music and poetry – as well as moments of audience Showing: For more info contact me on this e-mail or Double Act info@doubleacttheatre.co.uk or phone 0797 2480 967 |
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Return to Dancing Nepal ExhibitionThe exhibit details the journey taken by the Queen's Gurkha Signals soldiers, based in Blandford Forum and their families as they travel from Nepal to a very different life in Dorset. 1st May - 22nd May 2010 Red House Museum and Gardens, Christchurch- 01202482860 The film created by Martin Coyne of the fanastic 11th July Return to Dancing Nepal event at The Blandford School is now available to view on YouTube. Please follow the link below. http://www.youtube.com/user/martincoyne1#play/all/uploads-all/1/HTB9hkoO4fE
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The Marketing MapThe Marketing Map shows you the way to simplify marketing. A fold out toolkit you can pin to the wall of your office or studio. A simple action plan of what to do when. Saving you money, time and stress. |
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FREE THEATRE FOR UNDER 26 YEAR OLDSFrom 16th February 2009 Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts will be giving away 40 tickets a week to under 26 years olds on Thursdays as part of 'A Night Less Ordinary', |
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