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Arts & Business |
Business sponsorship for the arts. |
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Brighton & Hove City Council |
See Business pages for advice and pointers to general business development resources and support available in the City, including funding opportunities. There is a Creative Brighton section with links to key development areas. |
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The Brighton and Hove Resource Centre |
Information resource for voluntary sector. Advice & information, including sources of funding, computer access, equipment hire for community groups and printing facilities. |
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Community Base |
Building that rents office space to a wide variety of community and voluntary sector organisations in Brighton & Hove. |
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Community and Voluntary Sector Forum |
Membership led organisation open to all community and voluntary sector organisations in Brighton & Hove. |
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Creative People |
A national network providing information, advice and guidance to support all those who work in arts and craft industries in making the most of their careers. |
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Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) |
Artists and support staff working directly with young people or vulnerable adults should get a CRB check. This is available through Brighton and Hove Council’s Voluntary Sector and External Funding Unit. |
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The Enterprise Agency |
Offers free and low-cost business training and advice to individuals, new and existing small businesses and social enterprises in Brighton, Hove and Lewes. |
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Independent Theatre Council |
Promotes good arts management practice by providing information, training and advice (including legal advice) for performing arts companies. |
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Mailout |
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Publication Performance Licences |
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SAM |
Sussex Arts Marketing is the audience development agency for Sussex. SAM provides marketing support, research and market intelligence and manages the cultural tourism initiative Arts in Sussex. |
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Sussex Enterprise |
Business support, training and advocacy service for Sussex. Some economic and business information is available on the website. |
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| Wired Sussex | A network for digitally based companies; offers a range of networking events, training, legal and business advice to members. Helpful for sourcing new business opportunities. Extensive list of opportunities in the digital and new media sectors, generally but not exclusively in Sussex. |
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Arts, Culture, Media Jobs |
Job listing service for both employers and jobseekers in the Arts, Culture and Media sectors. |
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Arts Hub |
Subscription service with jobs information service and independent arts news. |
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Arts Industry |
Print and online magazine with job listings. |
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Arts Professional |
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ArtsJobs |
Arts Council listing of freelance and permanent jobs and opportunities in the cultural sector. Register online to receive the listings. |
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ArtsNews |
The Arts Council England’s news mailing list. ArtsNews details arts events, news and press releases. |
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BrightonMusic Network |
BMN assists the development of the music industry infrastructure in the South East, with the help and guidance of a coalition of independent music companies. |
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Brighton Illustrators Group |
A group of illustrators and artists, based in Brighton and the South East. Provides support and networking for freelancers. |
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Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) |
ISAN is an independent group of presenters and promoters of street arts throughout the UK working to develop the art form through networking, information sharing, collaboration, lobbying, training and advocacy. |
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KultureFlash |
KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. |
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Live Art South East |
Promoting Live Art in South East England. LASE's mission is to champion Live Art in South East England and beyond, and contribute to the development and maintenance of the artistic infrastructure of the region |
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Live Art UK |
The national network of Live Arts promoters. Live Art UK is a consortium of venues, promoters and facilitators who collectively represent a range of practices and are concerned with all aspects of the development and promotion of the Live Art sector. |
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Liveartwork |
Provides a showcase for performance art, as well as directories and listings of performance art organisations, professionals, festivals and events. |
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National Union of Students |
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New Work Network |
Provides networking support for artists creating new performance, live and interdisciplinary arts practice, facilitates engagement and collaboration between practitioners nationally and internationally. |
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| New Writing South
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New Writing South is open to all creative writers, it aims to identify and nurture talent, encourage creative development and offer resources to playwrights and other creative writers in the UK’s South East region. |
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Sonic Arts Network |
Sonic Arts Network – online networking for sound art and experimental music. |
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The Space (Southern Performance and Creative Energies) |
Monthly networking events for the creative industries in Brighton. |
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The Stage |
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Time Out |
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Total Theatre Network |
Celebrating and promoting physical and visual performance. |
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| Voluntary Arts Network
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The national development agency for voluntary arts in the UK. Their website holds information on funding, jobs and other areas. |
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Work in Dance |
Collaborative website between Foundation for Community Dance, Dance UK and The Place. Provides information on working in dance, resources and fact sheets and a searchable database of jobs. |
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The Arts Council England |
The national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. |
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The Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
The lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. |
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The Arts Council of Wales |
The agency responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales. |
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The Arts and Humanities Research Council |
The Arts and Humanities Research Council supports research over a huge range of subjects, from traditional humanities, such as history, modern languages and English literature, to the creative and performing arts. |
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The Association of Charitable Foundations |
ACF is the leading membership association for grant-making charities in the UK. |
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DSC (Directory of Social Change) |
Publications and advice on funding. |
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National Lottery Charities Board
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The Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out half the money for good causes raised by the National Lottery, giving us a budget of about £630 million a year. |
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| NESTA – National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts.
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NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. They invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish. |
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The Scottish Arts Council |
The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland. |
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Arnolfini |
Bristol's Arnolfini is one of Europe's leading centres for the contemporary arts. Programme includes visual arts exhibitions, live art and performance, as well as dance and cinema and a programme of talks and lectures. |
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Artsadmin |
Toynbee Studios, London has developed into a dynamic and creative environment for artists which has been enhanced by the refurbishment of the 280-seat theatre, rehearsal spaces, technical facilities, and the Arts Bar and Café. |
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Battersea Arts Centre |
BAC, London aims to create and promote exciting, innovative, accessible, high quality and surprising arts activity through creative collaboration between artists, staff and public. |
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| Brighton Dome
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Brighton Dome is a complex with three separate venues: the Dome, the Corn Exchange and the Pavilion Theatre. It programmes high quality, national and international arts events across the spectrum, including classical and popular music, dance, theatre, film and comedy. |
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Centre for Performance Research |
CPR, Aberystwyth produces innovative performance work: arranges workshops, produces festivals and publishes and distributes theatre books, as well as the journal Performance Research. |
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Chapter Arts Centre |
Cardiff. |
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Chelsea Theatre
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The Chelsea Theatre offers its audiences exciting theatre in friendly and comfortable surroundings and plays host to a complementary programme of workshop activities. We are dedicated to fostering new voices, with specific attention to Live Art and with a strong community arm. |
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Colchester Arts Centre |
Colchester. Promotes diverse performance. |
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Dance4 |
Dance4 are a Nottingham based dance development agency serving the East Midlands providing support for artists under the Artistic Programme and education and community resources under the Learning Programme. |
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De La Warr Pavilion |
Contemporary art, architecture, education and entertainment on the south coast housed in a Modernist icon, Bexhill |
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Farnham Maltings |
The Maltings is a collection of buildings set in the heart of Farnham that provides a place in which people can imagine, create and discover. They provide resources, encouragement and opportunities for all types and age of artists to develop their own work. |
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Green Room |
Manchester. Leading Centre for development of Live Art and Visual Performance. |
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Joogleberry Playhouse |
Quality entertainment and food with attitude in the heart of Brighton. Ground floor café restaurant and cabaret bar with nightly jazz, flamenco and comedy. |
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| Komedia
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Brighton venue whose local, national and international programme spans a huge range of entertainment: from theatre and music through to the far corners of cabaret, comedy and live literature. |
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| Marlborough Theatre
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50 seater pub-theatre in Central Brighton, run entirely by volunteers. The Marlborough stages theatrical productions by local and touring companies plus live literature, cabaret and music events. |
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Nightingale Theatre
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A Brighton theatre committed to supporting work by new and emergent artists as well as new work by established companies and individuals. They offer Scratch Nights, script readings, classes, commissions and space for hire. Prodigal Theatre is the resident company. |
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Oval House |
Oval House Theatre, London is a lively theatre and arts centre based on the Kennington Oval opposite the famous cricket ground. Oval House programmes work by some of the most innovative, cutting edge theatre practitioners in Britain and beyond. |
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Shunt Vaults |
Shunt is a collective of 10 artists creating large-scale performance events in unexpected, abandoned or derelict buildings throughout London. Their current home is a sprawling labyrinth of railway arches under London bridge station. |
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South Hill Park, Bracknell |
As Bracknell’s gateway to the arts, South Hill Park has been a centre for innovation in the arts since 1973. |
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| Theatre Royal, Brighton
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For two centuries Theatre Royal Brighton has brought national touring productions to Brighton & Hove and is one of the country’s premiere venues for pre or post West End productions. |
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Tramway, Glasgow |
Tramway is one of the leading contemporary visual and performing arts venues in Europe. Audiences, visitors, artists, performers and producers seek out Tramway’s unique spaces as a place to create and engage, challenge and question. |
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University of Brighton Gallery and Sallis Benney Theatre |
The Sallis Benney Theatre re-opened on 9 January 2007 following major refurbishment and is available for hire. Home of the biennial visions festival. |
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Architecture Week |
Architecture Week is the annual national public celebration of contemporary architecture that first started in 1997. June, annually |
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Brighton Art Fair |
A high quality, accessible and eclectic visual art and craft fair. |
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Brighton Digital Festival |
A month of events showcasing the city as a centre of digital excellence, designed to reflect every element of Brighton’s digital community. November, annually |
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Brighton Festival
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Brighton Festival is the leading mixed arts festival in England. Each year it unveils a sensational programme of theatre, dance, music, books & debate, children's and family shows and outdoor spectacle. May, annually |
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Brighton Festival Fringe |
The Brighton Festival Fringe is the biggest open access, mixed arts event in England. May, annually |
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Brighton Hip Hop Festival |
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Brighton Live |
The annual celebration of the Brighton live music scene. October |
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Brighton Pride |
Pride in Brighton & Hove promotes equality and diversity, and advances education to eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. August, annually |
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Brighton Photo Biennial |
Celebration of international photographic practice. October, biennial |
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Brighton Photo Fringe October, biennial |
Run in parallel with the Brighton Photo Biennial to raise the profile of and create opportunities for photographers that are based in Brighton and surrounding areas. October, bienniel |
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B-Theatre |
The B-Theatre presents PILOT: a unique evening of entertainment where performers are given the opportunity to share their work as it develops and the audience get to tell them exactly what they think. |
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Burning the Clocks |
Outdoor Winter Solstice celebration, Brighton. December, annually |
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Cinecity. |
The Brighton Film Festival showcasing international cinema, local talent and special events. November, annually |
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Coastal Currents |
Now in its 7th year, the festival has become the showcase cultural event in the Hastings calendar. September, annually |
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DUCKiE |
Post-Poofter Purveyors of Progressive Working Class Entertainment |
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Fresh Fest |
Fresh is a nomadic one-day festival of new work in performance, video and installation in the South East. |
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Home |
Home is a leading creative production company in the UK: specializing in innovative live events with contemporary artists and performers |
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| Inbetween Time
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Arnolfini's festival of live art and intrigue. |
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London International Mime Festival |
The longest running festival of its kind in the world. With the exceptions of 1983 and 1986, the Festival has taken place each year, featuring workshops, films, debates, special events and performances. |
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New Moves International |
NMI is an arts production company which presents radical live and mediated performance work within the context of international festivals. Includes National Review of Live Art. |
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NOW Festival |
Based in Nottingham, NOW commissions and presents innovative works for the NOW festival. |
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| Open Houses | The Open Houses offer an effective way of exhibiting and selling work on a year round basis. Groups are clustered around geographical areas of the City and open to all artists living in Brighton & Hove. |
www.artistsopenhouses.com www.fivewaysartists.com |
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OSKA Bright Film Festival |
Festival of film for and by people with learning disabilities. October |
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Paramount Comedy |
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Spill Festival of Performance |
UK’s newest festival of performance, Live Art and experimental theatre. Across April 2007 the SPILL Festival will present artists and companies from around the world in some of London’s top venues and unusual spaces. |
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Streets of Brighton |
Street theatre from the Brighton Festival, at sites throughout the City Centre. May annually. |
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Visions |
The festival of visual performance hosted by Brighton University Art Gallery and Sallis Benney Theatre. October, biennial |
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Winchester Hat Fair |
Winchester. Annual Showcase festival and co-producer. July, annually |
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The Arts Bookshop |
Booksop for the performing arts. |
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Blast |
BBC dance and drama site. |
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Carnival Collective |
Carnival Collective is a group of artists, musicians and dancers who perform across the UK and Europe. |
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Carousel
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Creative arts organisation providing workshops for children, young people and adults with learning difficulties. |
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Circus Space |
Centre of excellence in circus skills, including a degree course in circus arts. |
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CUE |
A conduit and platform for the realisation of adventurous and pioneering new performance work. |
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Dance Network |
Developed by the National Dance Teachers Association, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and the Youth Sport Trust. |
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Dance Theature Journal |
Pride in Brighton & Hove promotes equality and diversity, and advances education to eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. August, annually |
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Fierce Earth |
Birmingham. Produce annual International Live Art festival Fierce! |
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The National Resource Centre for Dance (NRCD) |
A non-profit national archive and resource provider for dance and movement. The NRCD aims to preserve the nation's dance heritage and enables, supports, and enhances the study and teaching of dance. |
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The Place |
National Dance Agency for London area, includes The Place Theatre, The Place Dance Services, The London Contemporary Dance School and Evening School, and the Richard Alston Dance Company. |
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SAM's Books |
Specialist bookshop for arts managers. |
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Same Sky |
Brighton based large scale celebratory arts companies. Regularly work with freelance and volunteer artists in the creation of participatory and public arts projects and programmes. |
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Zap Art |
A creative producer, internationally renowned for introducing powerful arts experiences to new audiences, and empowering artists to push the boundaries of artistic forms, breaking the boundaries of the way art is perceived and experienced. |
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3 monkey Productions |
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| Nigel Charnock and Company |
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Company Collisions |
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DV8 |
Physical Theatre Co. |
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| Frantic Assembly |
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| Gob Squad |
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| Improbable Theatre |
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Daniel Kitson |
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Stacy Makishi |
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Periplum |
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Geraldine Pilgrim |
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Prodigal Theatre |
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Voodoo Vaudeville |
Welcome to the world of voodoo vaudeville, where sinister figures stalk the shadows, in a luscious never-never land of defiant performance, deviant theatricality, twisted cabaret, cruel yet tender comedy and cutting edge contemporary dance. |
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