Today marks International Women’s Day, a day to raise awareness against bias, take action for equality and celebrate women’s achievements. Here at Live & Local, we wouldn’t be able to do the work that we do without the talent, creativity and hard work of women in our network.
Read More International Women’s Day: Women in Rural TouringLockbusters brings free film to Warwickshire communities. What is LockBusters? LockBusters brings films into local communities in a safe way for free. A main contact ensures that DVDs are passed around rural communities in Warwickshire and viewers share their thoughts on the DVDs with others via a community notebook and the official LockBusters website – lockbusters.uk […]
Read More LockBustersLive & Local celebrates pubs and poetry through creative partnerships with INN CROWD and Pub is the Hub. Featuring a poet from the West Midlands, the Winter Warmers campaign offers hope and entertainment to pubs and their communities around the country through regional poetry, while the INN CROWD residency sees a community poet collaborate with punters on a poem honouring their beloved Warwickshire pub.
Read More Winter Warmers: Pubs, Poems, PositivitySince Live & Local’s humble beginnings in the 1990s, we have grown to work with over 280 Village Halls and other community venues across the East and West Midlands. Today we celebrate 100 years.
Read More 100 YearsAs we come to the end of 2020, we want to share some of Live & Local’s success stories from the year, as a little bit of light amid the darkness. Despite the year we’ve had, 2020 has seen communities pull together, new opportunities for artists and collaborative projects across the Live & Local network. […]
Read More A Year in 12 StoriesLove Theatre Day may look a little different this year, but it’s more important than ever that we come together in support of our theatre-makers, producers, set designers, actors, directors, stage-runners, freelancers, audiences (the list goes on) and highlight the value of it in communities and every day life. For us at Live & Local, […]
Read More Love Theatre Day 2020We’re back again for another Community Spotlight. We hope you enjoyed our previous two with Pailton Village Hall and All Saints Church, Bradbourne as much as we enjoyed catching up with them. It’s been a real balm for the soul to stay in touch with the Live & Local network and hearing about how communities […]
Read More Community Spotlight: Hemingby Village HallSonia Sabri Company first stepped onto Live & Local stages way back in 2015 and are highly regarded both nationally and internationally for presenting Kathak dance in a contemporary context while maintaining the integrity of the art form. For those who are new to this particular style of dance, Kathak is a versatile and accessible […]
Read More Artform Spotlight: Kathak Dance with Sonia Sabri CompanyDuring these unusual, unprecedented and frankly downright bizarre times, it’s a nice reminder to get back to our roots as a community touring scheme and speak to members of the Live & Local network. Previously we caught up with our friend Jenny at All Saints Church, Bradbourne and she gave us an insight into the […]
Read More Community Spotlight: Pailton Village HallIn our previous post, we reflected on the joys of Victorian theatre and we continue that theme by looking at another element of Victorian art and culture – The Magic Lantern show. Magic lantern shows were arguably the first example of cinema. Square glass slides (33⁄4 inch) of still images were projected onto large cloths, […]
Read More Artform Spotlight: Victorian Theatre #2 with Townsend Theatre
