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26 Aug

DIY: Live Art research & development workshop with José Oliva Garcia

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesArt, callout, coronavirus, covid, online, project, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] White Vinegar (each day from 2pm & 4pm) Lancaster Arts invites you to a four day online workshop exploring what it means to clean, and to be clean in a post pandemic world. The White Vinegar Workshop revolves around a quote from leading New York Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles; “After the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” We are inviting applications from artists, cleaners, writers, activists and others to observe and interrogate the iconic act of cleaning, revealing this as a sociopolitical action through performance art and self documentation. This workshop is open to…

09 Jul

Fun in the Park with Wordpool Family Day 2018

Jill Reidy0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken WordArt, artist, Blackpool, books, dance, entertainment, families, Film, heritage, Music, musical, performance, Theatre, wordpool, workshops

Walking, talking trees; huge flying birds; giant spiders; theatre in suitcases; elephants and mice; stories and action; crafts; films; kayaking; dancing; singing; face and arm painting .......what more could you wish for on a sunny Saturday in Stanley Park in July? Yes, it was 2018's fabulous Wordpool Family Day - and what a great day it was! Big Top Marvels and Mayhem Schools Project, the Flying Sun Birds, the puppetry of Adambara and Zhim, the walking trees, Aunty’s Pop Up Picture Show, SOS RescueShip’s Nixies, singalong with the Grand Theatre Community Chorus, clown faces in the Grundy’s Big Top, circus skills…

26 Mar

Let’s Party on the Prom

Jill Reidy0 CommentsMusic & GigsBlackpool, children, entertainment, families, Festival headland, Music, Party on the Prom, workshops

The new family festival ‘Party On The Prom’ launches as part of this July's Blackpool Festival. Party On The Prom is Blackpool’s first family festival set to take place at the stunning seaside location, the Tower Festival Headland. Party On The Prom will be bursting with entertainment that all the family can enjoy. Kids and parents alike will be spoilt for choice with a smorgasbord of fun-filled activities including Raver Tots & DJ Slipmatt, tons of music and workshops, a Tiny Tots area, circus skills, arts and crafts, food and drink, and much, much more. Beneath the iconic Blackpool Tower, this debut event…

18 Dec

Grand Theatre Seeks Vloggers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsOpportunities, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpool, entertainment, Music, musical, photography, The Grand Theatre, Theatre, vlogging, workshops

Blackpool's Grand Theatre is all set to launch its new Vlog channel, gVlog. Now the theatre is looking for lively, enthusiastic Vloggers who love live entertainment to appear on it as guest presenters. Hosted by radio presenter and Grand Theatre fan, Hayley Kay, gVlog is part of the Grand’s gPlayer project. The Grand would like to hear from Vloggers of all ages who are keen to share their viewpoints, including young people (18-26), families, couples and seniors. You don't need experience of presenting or of being in front of a camera. Just bring an engaging presence, an enthusiasm for live entertainment and a desire…

18 Dec

Get Involved in Blackpool’s New Community Theatre

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Theatre, Dance & Performanceacting, Blackpool, community theatre, Theatre, workshops

Ever wanted to get involved in community theatre? Now’s your opportunity: from January, Blackpool community theatre group Th’ESP’s will meet on Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm at Blackpool & The Fylde College. Prospective members—or anyone who’s interested in finding out whether community theatre is for them—are invited to come along to a free taster session, from 7-9pm on Tuesday, 16 January or Tuesday, 23 January 2018. The regular group meetings then begin on Tuesday, 30 January with the goal of bringing together its members skills and interests to develop a production, inspired by members’ stories of Blackpool that will be staged…

18 Oct

Whipper Snappers Photography Workshops with Better Start Blackpool.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsExhibition, photography, workshops

Two professional photographers in Blackpool are offering families the chance to learn how to capture their own family portraits. Whipper Snappers – made up of Claire Griffiths and Jill Reidy – has teamed up with Blackpool’s Better Start child development partnership to deliver workshops to families at Sure Start children’s centres across the town, providing family engagement in an age-old tradition of the family portrait. Over a series of three hour and a half sessions participating families will have their portraits taken by Whipper Snappers before being taught how to use a professional camera. Later sessions will also…