Author: Jordi Robert

AUDITION CALL OUT: REMIX GOLD

Written by Jordi Robert on December 16, 2014. Posted in Opportunities.

Remix Gold is an inclusive performance company, based in Dorset, who create spectacular new outdoor and indoor shows in circus, theatre, dance and music. We are looking for emerging artists, both disabled and non-disabled, who are passionate, talented and hardworking to join Remix Gold in our second...

Pirate Extravaganza!

Written by Jordi Robert on December 16, 2014. Posted in Cultural Hub.

To facilitate transition between Ad Astra First School and Haymoor Junior School, Year 2 and Year 5 pupils worked together to create a Pirate Extravaganza! 180 pupils took a trip to Brownsea Island where BOK theatre company regaled them with tales of Poole’s history, in role as Harry Paye and his...

Forgotten Voices

Written by Jordi Robert on November 24, 2014. Posted in Cultural Hub. No Comments on Forgotten Voices

Forgotten Voices was a project between Poole Museums Service and students from Poole High School to mark Black History Month 2014 and was supported by Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub. Students explored slavery and abolition in Poole using resources from the Poole History Centre. Students also worked...

Project Subway is Complete!

Written by Jordi Robert on November 3, 2014. Posted in Blog, News, Projects. No Comments on Project Subway is Complete!

Lowther Road in Charminster, Bournemouth, has been transformed! We commissioned artist Ilse Black to create a digital mural using a number of paintings from students of Bethany Junior School and Malmesbury Park Primary School. The design was vinyl wrapped on one side of the underpass...

Super Crew Project – Btown Throwdown

Written by Jordi Robert on August 6, 2014. Posted in Projects. No Comments on Super Crew Project – Btown Throwdown

In May, Wave helped to fund Pavilion Dance South West’s project to create Bournemouth’s first ever Hip Hop Super Crew. Young people from a range of different backgrounds and ages (10-25) united to form the group, including from disadvantaged communities. Vicki Ibokwe, the Creative Director of...

SoundStorm Training Course Bursaries for Music Educators available NOW

Written by Jordi Robert on August 5, 2014. Posted in Opportunities. No Comments on SoundStorm Training Course Bursaries for Music Educators available NOW

As part of its Youth Music Musical Inclusion Programme, our sister agency SoundStorm Music Education Agency, has 15 bursaries of £100 available to musicians/music educators residing and working in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. These bursaries are to facilitate emerging and established music education...

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Written by Jordi Robert on May 22, 2014. Posted in Cultural Hub. No Comments on The Elves and the Shoemaker

The Lighthouse hosted a theatre production ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ by Stuff and Nonsense, in November 2010, for early years and reception classes in Bournemouth and Poole that were invloved in the cultural hub. Activities following the children’s attendence...

The Enormous Turnip

Written by Jordi Robert on May 22, 2014. Posted in Cultural Hub. No Comments on The Enormous Turnip

wave and Lighthouse commissioned Dorset based Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company to create a Christmas show, The Enormous Turnip, as an alternative to a pantomine for Reception aged children. This Cultural Hub project was written specifically to engage children in the story, to encourage them...

The Mermaid Princess

Written by Jordi Robert on May 22, 2014. Posted in Cultural Hub. No Comments on The Mermaid Princess

March 2010 saw the arrival of Teatro Kismet’s production of The Mermaid Princess in six Bournemouth and Poole primary and middle schools. After finding inspiration whilst watching the play at Lighthouse, the students participated in workshops related to the story in local libraries, with...