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SOUTHEND ~ ‘A CONSCIOUS REBELLION’ – TIME & SPACE RESIDENCY ARTISTS PRESENT NEW WORK
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SOUTHEND ~ PROCESSIONS – MASS ARTWORK MARKING THE CENTENARY OF VOTES FOR WOMEN
INTRODUCING PROCESSIONS… A mass participation artwork to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which gave the first British women the right to vote. We’re very excited to be working on this nationwide project with artist Heidi Wigmore and Artichoke, marking 100 years of women’s suffrage. Heidi will be working with groups […]
SOUTHEND ~ CALL-OUT FOR ESSEX WRITERS! Week-long Culture LAB at Chalkwell Hall – in Partnership with Essex Book Festival
Culture LAB: Essex Writers Mon 19 – Fri 23 March 2018 As part of an exciting partnership with Essex Book Festival, we are transforming Chalkwell Hall into a pop-up Essex Writers House for the whole month of March 2018! As part of the month, we are hosting a week long Culture LAB for up to ten […]
SOUTHEND ~ US SUCCESS FOR TIME & SPACE RESIDENCY ARTISTS OLD TRUNK
Time & Space Residency artists Old Trunk theatre company – who recently filled the house with Damn Write, an evening of Storytelling – have seen their critically acclaimed play Pramkicker by local playwright Sadie Hasler picked to be performed at the The Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington DC as part of International Women’s Voices Day. Pramkicker – a play about […]
SOUTHEND ~ WILD STORY THEATRE IN ECHO
Our current Time and Space Residency artists Wild Story Theatre have a lovely splash in the Echo today. Lovely quote from our Colette too!
SOUTHEND ~ WILD STORY THEATRE: TIME & SPACE RESIDENCY
Some great shots of Wild Story Theatre on Day 1 of their Time & Space Residency here at Chalkwell Hall. You can catch a preview of their new work The Lost Leigh Goose at Clifftown Theatre on Saturday 27th January. READ MORE Pics by Tate Creations.
SOUTHEND ~ POSITIVE REVOLUTION: PERMACULTURE COURSE COMES TO CHALKWELL HALL
Due to popular demand Sherry Fuller and Graham Burnett are repeating this highly successful 6 week course… The world’s full of big problems. You want to do something, but where to start? Start with something small. Something that makes best use of your unique set of gifts. Something that begins on your doorstep – that […]
SOUTHEND ~ ROYAL OPERA HOUSE FEATURE: METAL SOUTHEND & SHSG ARTS AWARD COLLABORATION
The Royal Opera House asked us some questions about our Arts Award work with Southend High School for Girls, recognising the power of collaboration and its the impact on pupils through a tailored approach to working with schools. We greatly look forward to our dedicated Enrichment Day with SHSG in late January. Read our replies, and those […]
SOUTHEND ~ BBC ESSEX: NETPARK WELLBEING PROJECT INTERVIEW WITH COORDINATOR EMMA MILLS
The wonderful people at BBC Essex have been greatly supportive of our wide-ranging work on the Netpark Wellbeing Project, and want to know more! Join project coordinator Emma Mills as she chats to Ronnie Barbour live on air – Friday 5th January at 9:45am. TUNE IN.
SOUTHEND ~ ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL LAUNCHES IMPRESSIVE 2018 PROGRAMME
The Essex Book Festival today launched its impressive programme for 2018, announcing none other than our very own Syd Moore as their Writer in Residence and the legendary folk troubadour who graced our Village Green stage in 2016, the Bard of Barking Billy Bragg as the lighter of the touch-paper on 28th February. As ever […]
SOUTHEND ~ FIRST HINT OF TOMA’S INTERIM SHOW
ART GOSS FROM THE MOUTH OF TOMA… “TOMA are becoming regulars at The Old Waterworks, making the most of their print room. We’ll be using this, alongside the dark room + exhibition space come April 2018 for an interim show from the 2017 artist cohort of ten who will be on residency their before showing […]
SOUTHEND ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TOMA
2018 looks set to be another busy vibrant year from our Alternative Art Education model, TOMA – flourishing here at Metal Southend. Here’s their New Year message and a bit about what we can expect in the coming year… HNY Y’ALL! We’re excited for FUTURE TOMA with 2018 shaping up to be expanding + […]