The wonderful Benedict Newbery is back in the house for another week, working on new poetry. He’s a joy to have around and we can’t wait to see the fruits of his time here. Welcome back, Ben! One of the poems he wrote while on residency last April ‘My Dad’s Hospital Trip to Southend’ has […]
LOVE THIS. Great podcast featuring songs & chat from the Young Songwriters of the SoSlam LAB that took over Chalkwell Hall with their stunning talent a couple of weeks ago. We miss hearing them every day! CHECK THEM OUT – PLAYING LIVE AT PEGGY SUE’S SUNDAY 23RD APRIL – 4-7PM
New writing theatre company Old Trunk feature in the Echo today ahead of their double-bill of critically-acclaimed plays Pramkicker and Fran & Leni at the Palace Theatre Westcliff next week. Fran & Leni – Wednesday 19th April Pramkicker/Fran & Leni Double Bill – Saturday 22nd April Both plays are by award-winning writer Sadie Hasler and directed […]
The quite wonderful Heidi Wigmore is pitched up in our sunny Project Room at Chalkwell Hall this week, and has already sparked out several very compelling pieces. We’re enjoying catching sneaky-peeks of them as they unfold, and rather hope she forgets to take them all with her when she goes!
The lovely poet Benedict Newbery came to stay with us for a week last year and developed some fantastic new work based on the theme of the Estuary. He was a joy to have around. He’s just shared with us the fact his Southend poems have been published in the latest edition of the South Bank […]
We were delighted to host a Young Songwriters LAB by the brilliant SoSlam here at Chalkwell Hall last week. Selected participants aged 11-18 got to work intensively with songwriters and industry facilitators for four days culminating in a showcase of their impressive new work. It was a wonderful week, and we greatly enjoyed being treated […]
Metal and Change Maker Associate Producer Kate Marsh are very happy to announce the selected Metal LAB participants. Following a national call-out and an unprecedented response of 177 applications, the selected group of 25 artists will attend intensive week long development sessions exploring through movement ‘the in-between’ that sits beyond the ’normative’ and ‘othered’ body. […]
Acclaimed theatre company Nabokov recently developed new work MAD LOVE while on Time & Space Residency at Chalkwell Hall. Here’s a lovely blog they wrote about their time here. Hope to see you soon, Nabokov!
A lovely thoughtful piece in the Echo…
Congrats, TOMA on being featured in Art Monthly! Perfect little feature. Up the Alt Art School revolution! Further Call-Out & Open Day (Saturday 15th April) details can be found right here.
A wonderful piece by Birte Twisselmann in the British Medical Journal about how she took inspiration from the theme of Dementia when she visited Chalkwell Hall and experienced the Garden of Remember App… READ IN FULL