Experience extraordinary events taking place across Dorset this weekend at Inside Out Dorset. Across the weekend you can see Sense of Unity by Dundu and Worldbeaters in Weymouth, at The Symondsbury Estate you can see Luke Jerram’s Gaia Gobbledegook Theatre’s Geophonic, The Whistlers by Red Herring, The Gallycrows by Angel Exit Theatre, Rodadoras by Becky Namgauds as well as Drake Music’s Planted Symphony, also in Weymouth.
Get ready for Derby Festé this weekend, returning with a programme of vibrant, family-friendly Festé fun bringing people back together. This year’s compelling programme features a host of world-acclaimed and exciting up and coming international and UK artists, including Joseph Toonga, Ray Lee, Requardt & Rosenberg, Casson & Friends, Gandini Juggling, and Mimbre.
Birmingham International Dance Festival made a welcome return this week, running until 3 October, with a free outdoor family-friendly programme at Handsworth Park, Midlands Arts Centre, and Centenary and Chamberlain Squares in the heart of the city. This weekend see Autin Dance Theatre with Out of the Deep Blue, DeNada Dance Theatre with The Bull and The Moon, Frock by Stopgap Dance Company, ONE% by O’Driscoll Collective, 2Faced Dance Company with Power, Roll Play by Simple Cypher, DAMAEDANCE with IRMÃ-sister, Black Victorians by Jeanefer Jean Charles, Just Us Dance Theatre with Born to Protest and more!
Immerse yourself in tales of alchemy and legend brought to life with spellbinding spectacle as Festival of the Sky presents The Twilight Hour by Periplum this weekend in Cleethorpes. The Twilight Hour is the story of 9 spirits created from magical Cleethorpes folklore and heritage. In the hour between twilight and dark, these restless souls take flight – in the echo of a song, a rumble of thunder, a trick of the light.
The UK’s national festival of sustainability, Festival of Thrift, returns to Kirkleatham this weekend. See Castaway by Highly Sprung, Neighbourhood Watch Stilts International’s Dancing Bees, UrbanCanvas, Putt by Numbers by Good Things Collective, Cyril the MC, and much more.
Join Justice in Motion tomorrow as they mix exciting choreography, theatre, and parkour athletics in On Edge, at the Pavilion Promenade, part of Worthing Theatres and Museum’s Spin-Out Summer Season of free shows. In London on Saturday? Don’t miss the chance to see the brilliant Joli Vyann in Bell Square, Hounslow with their innovative fusion of circus, dance and theatre in Lançe moi en l’air.
Journeys Dance Festival, from 18 Hours, returns to Hastings and Bexhill this weekend, with the chance to see Etta Erimi Dance Theatre and Van Huynh Company perform GLAM, Frock by Stopgap Dance Company, Sujata Banerjee Dance Company perform their Kathak Swan Lake performance, and join Kathak dance workshops.
Take a walk into nature and tune into the stories the landscape holds in Murmurations this weekend at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Nature Reserve. A headphone promenade show created by Steve Water and Tangled Feet, Murmurations explores what we need from nature and what nature needs from us in a world recovering from sickness, through live scenes and songs, poetry and physical theatre, comedy and tragedy.
Head to Brighton Open Air Theatre this weekend for Brighton’s very own The Alter Eagles, National Production Company’s Jekyll and Hyde, and the Brighton Beach Boys. Join The HandleBards at Derby Theatre this evening and tomorrow for their unhinged and bonkers, laugh-out-loud version of Romeo & Juliet. With music, mayhem and more costume changes than you can shake a spear at, expect the HandleBards’ usual irreverent, charming and hilarious style to come bursting onto the stage at Derby Theatre.
It’s the last weekend of live music, art workshops and outdoor events at Bicester Festival. This year’s theme of Sea Change/See Change reflects on all the big environmental and social changes being witnessed today. Join The Grande Finale: SEACHANGE Parade on Sunday and create a beautiful spectacle of people’s resourcefulness and creativity with giant puppets and floats amid a sea of decorated bikes, prams or scooters.
It’s also the final weekend of New Mills Festival, with the return of the Festival Art Trail, which sees over a hundred and fifty artists from across the UK and abroad displaying their work across the town, and Light Up New Mills, transforming the streets of New Mills into a magical illuminated gallery.
Looking ahead to next weekend, there’s another packed programme of exciting performances at Birmingham International Dance Festival, and we see the welcome return of Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival!
As always, let us know what you’re up to and have a great weekend.
