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16 March 2016
Arts Award Portfolio Videos – now live!
We've just launched an exciting new page on Arts Award Voice where you can find videos of Arts Award achievers talking about their Arts Award portfolios.
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16 March 2016
Backstage with...The Blue Man, Brighton
The Blue Man in Brighton is an independently run cafe bar, that hosts a variety of Fringe shows throughout the festival. This year they will be programming across two venues, showing the work of Suzy Bennett, Aidan Goatley and Daphna Baram amongst others. We caught up with venue director, Jess Woodfall to find out more.
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16 March 2016 – 16 May 2016
Review for Voice at Brighton Fringe!
Do you love writing? Do you love fringe theatre? Then you're in luck! We're looking for a group of talented 13-25 year olds to review shows at Brighton Fringe.
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11 March 2016
Blake Remixed
Merging 18th Century poetry with modern hip hop, this performance from rapper and human beatbox Testament is exactly how to integrate different art forms.
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10 March 2016
What goes on at...The Core at Corby Cube
The Core at Corby Cube are a Northamptonshire-based theatre space, who run a wide variety of community and youth-led projects. They are also an Arts Award Good Practice Centre for 2015-16.
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7 March 2016
Ellen's 100 Happy Days
Could you be happy for 100 days? Maybe just for a moment each day. Ellen Orange shares her story.
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4 March 2016
Opus 7 by Circa Tsuica - Review
Opus 7 was fantastic. It was beautifully composed both musically and theatrically. At only running at an hour, time flew by and I was engrossed into the physical and musical language of the piece.
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3 March 2016
Literature and mental health: Part 2
I am now halfway through Warwick University's Literature and Mental Health course on Future Learn and it has been such an interesting experience. We cover one topic per week and so far we have looked at Stress, Heartbreak, and Bereavement.
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3 March 2016
What goes on at...Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe kicks off on 6th May, and offers over 900 events, from cabaret, to theatre, comedy and dance. We'll be heading to Brighton ourselves to bring you the very best from the Fringe, in the meantime, we chatted to Julian Caddy, Managing Director for the festival.
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2 March 2016 – 2 May 2016
Re:Present Me Workshop
(Re) Present me workshop is aimed at those aspiring performance artists with learning disabilities who want to create their own performances around their own life stories.
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29 February 2016
Oxford Contemporary Music: Music awards night
OCM celebrates talented arts award achievers
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28 February 2016
Bath Literature Festival Big Read
Claire Fuller talks about her fairy-tale thriller novel Our Endless Numbered Days, this year's Bath Big Read.
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28 February 2016
Bath Literature Festival's 21 best Coming of Age novels
Which novel has helped you most as a teenager? How do you define a 'coming of age' novel? Bath Literature looks at the best on offer and why these books work.
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28 February 2016
Creating Suspense at Bath Literature Festival
I was very excited to hear two 'suspense' novelists talk about the genre of crime and thrillers, the idea of the 'domestic noir' and how they build suspense in their writing.
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28 February 2016
Shakespeare Gala at Bath Literature Festival
A fun and original collection of Shakesperian performances and interpretations.
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28 February 2016
Poetry Salon: Tim Liardet and Rebecca Perry at Bath Literature Festival
Two TS Eliot prize nominated poets read from their work, discuss their poetry and the current scene.
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28 February 2016
The Independent Great British Popular Culture Debate
Is British popular culture the best in the world? I heard four leading names from the arts and culture scene battle it out over whether we can lay claim to this.
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27 February 2016
DJ Taylor's The Prose Factory at Bath Literature Festival
DJ Taylor explores the history of literary culture the subject of his new book in an engaging and accessible way.