North Tyneside Community Hubs and Libraries is inviting local people of all ages and backgrounds to join them in creating a powerful community-based project. The River to Freedom will use the long history of the River Tyne as a starting point to explore and capture ideas of freedom, and this collaborative project will produce a … Continued
Exploring what the end of the Second World War meant then, especially to the people of Berwick, and what freedom and community means to us now, The Maltings will create ways for young people who are part of the Berwick Youth Project to reflect and be creative together, helping to shape artistic responses to explore … Continued
Working closely with local museums including Hartlepool’s Heugh Battery Museum, The Local and Family History Centre, and Hartlepool Art Gallery to ensure that the ideas developed are distinctive to the town, Hartlepool Community Hubs/Libraries will lead on a project to capture meaningful insight about the past and present, that highlights the challenges and achievements which have … Continued
80 years ago, Gosforth Central Hall was opened as a place for all the community to gather. It was built as a memorial to “remember the brave people of our town, who gave their lives whilst serving in Her Majesties Forces and the Merchant Navy in the 1939-1945 war”. It is now Gosforth Civic Theatre, … Continued
In a community-led, multi-artform project, Alnwick Playhouse will invite the people of Alnwick and district to consider what freedom means to us now, and if and how that has changed in the 80 years since the end of the Second World War, with the aim of creating a takeover weekend at the Playhouse later this … Continued
Exploring what freedom means, here and now, in the context of the end of the Second World War, ARC Stockton will invite local people to join them at ARC’s creative engagement classes to collaborate on leading and shaping pieces of creative work. These will be brought together as recordings filmed across Stockton and live performances, … Continued
Working with local families who live at or are linked to Albemarle Army Barracks and RAF Spadeadam, Queen’s Hall Arts in Hexham will deliver a series of workshops to introduce their project to communities in West Northumberland, interpreting the theme of freedom and responding in a way that is relevant to them. Members of the community … Continued
Forming an intergenerational and cross-artform creative community from four of its groups – Washington Youth Theatre, Right Track Young Musicians Project, Creative Age, and Washington Community Podcasters – and working with Washington Heritage Partnership, Arts Centre Washington will present a multimedia performance based on stories and reflections on the theme of freedom from its communities … Continued
Working with those connected to the armed forces, either as veterans or their families, The Customs House in South Shields will lead on a project shaped by local history and personal memories, drawing on the powerful legacy of South Tyneside’s seafaring past and the vital role that local people played during the Second World War. … Continued