Green Space Dark Skies
One of 10 major projects commissioned as part of UNBOXED. Led by outdoor arts pioneers Walk the Plank, Green Space Dark Skies took place from April to September 2022.
Projects
We are producers, presenters, collaborators and commissioners. Sometimes we are all of these. Here you will find some examples of our work.
A Day Of Dance
Participants aged 7-19 experienced four workshops in different styles of dance – Street, Jazz, African Dance and Musical Theatre.
Art in the Landscape – Connecting People to Nature
The National Landscapes Association’s new arts strategy, Arts in the Landscape, Connecting People to Nature
Live Landscapes
A pilot project to learn if it was technically possible to live stream an Inside Out Dorset festival event into Dorset County Hospital.
Dusk til Dark Illuminations – Peixos by Sarruga
A Dusk til Dark event in Weymouth.
Geophonic – a touring production
Current ProjectGeophonic is a site-responsive performance piece and promenade available for touring. Produced by Activate Performing Arts.
Serving Sounds – a touring production
Current ProjectA music-making pop-up bar installation that creates connection through music – a bar that serves bass not beer. Produced by Activate.
Primordial Mother Speaks for Herself
A poem by writer and storyteller Zakiya McKenzie. made in response to Gaia by artist Luke Jerram.
Dorset Theatre Promoters Consortium
Current ProjectThe aim of the Dorset Theatre Promoters Consortium (DTPC) is to connect programmers across Dorset as well as share new ideas and good practice.
Pages of the Sea
Pages of the Sea was the largest simultaneous coastal arts project to take place in the UK. Activate Performing Arts presented Pages of the Sea in Weymouth and Lyme Regis, as the regional delivery partner for this final event in 14-18 NOW’s national arts programme.
Sura Medura
Sura Medura is an International Artist Residency centre in Hikkaduwa, South West Sri Lanka. It offers career-changing funded opportunities for European artists.
Coasters
Coasters was a three year project that brought world-class circus and street arts to targeted coastal towns across England.