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Having grown up in Hong Kong it would be easy to excuse Alice Rose Fletcher for not being fully up to speed with the peculiarly British art of pantomime – except there’s no need to because she’s there already and raring to go.
Timed to coincide with COP26, Dorset foundation Cape Farewell and Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, are collaborating to host a very special climate/arts festival featuring thought-provoking and engaging new artworks, film, spoken word, music, poetry and debate programmed to Illuminate the current science and thinking around the climate emergency.
Songwriter and performer Louise Jordan brings her solo production Florence: The Lesse
Having tried out new technology and techniques in residency at Lighthouse as part of the SANCTUARY artist development scheme, folk group The Last Inklings are thrilled to be launching their debut album The Impossible Wild on Thursday 30 September 2021 at Poole’s centre for the arts.
By the end of September some 80 individual artists will have benefited from SANCTUARY, the innovative new artist development residency at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts.
New dates have been announced for this year’s CityFibre Poole Quay Summer Fireworks.
Poole Harbour Festival, the family-friendly festival of live music and fun for all ages, is back this year with an incredible 50 live acts on three stages in what will be one of the few family live music events of the summer.
Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, is giving over its gallery space to an exciting new project that showcases creative local talent and celebrates the town.
Christmas has been a bit of rush for everyone this year and Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, has made 'Happy Ever After', a very special COVID-secure festive family show, in little more than two months when a traditional panto would take more than a year.
Despite the recent government announcement, planning continues in anticipation of audiences returning for live shows next month and Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, is able to announce Bournemouth Symphony Chorus will stage its annual Christmas Carol Concert on 23 December.
