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Be the best with one year to go …

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Be the best with one year to go …

Celebrate one year to go until the London 2012 Games by organising an event for Open Weekend 2011.

The theme for the fourth Open Weekend is ‘showcasing your best’. Sport, art, dance, film, music, and heritage events can all be part of the nationwide Open Weekend activities from Friday July 22 to Sunday July 24, 2011.

 

West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy Deborah Urquhart said: “Last year thousands of people across West Sussex enjoyed taking part in events put on by many organisations including leisure centres, libraries, museums and galleries.

 

“Blue Touch Paper Carnival weaved its way around Horsham’s Sparks in the Park event, sports taster sessions at K2 Crawley and East Grinstead Leisure Centre introduced new people to different activities, and Chichester’s Pallant House Gallery opened its doors for free.

 

“I’m certain this year will be even bigger and better as enthusiasm grows across West Sussex with one year to go.”

 

Organisations are encouraged to get involved. If you’re putting on an event you need to register it with the London2012.com website by the end of June. Also please email info@westsussex-aheadofthegame.com so it can be added to the list of events that will be promoted across the county.

 

Supported by BP and launched in 2008 with the start of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, more than a million people from around the UK have taken part in Open Weekend activities in the past three years.

 

 

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Find out how art steered young offenders away from crime

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Find out how art steered young offenders away from crime

TEN former young offenders from West Sussex will showcase on Friday September 3 the work they created during an intensive six-week multi media course designed to stop them returning to crime.

They are holding an exhibition of their work at Horsham Youth Centre, Hurst Road, Horsham, RH12 2DN, between 7pm-9pm.

The course, which was run by West Sussex Youth Offending Service (YOS), was designed to improve numeracy and literacy as well as build on skills that will enable the young offenders to move into college or find employment.

The course gave the young people the chance to acquire a formal arts qualification by getting involved in:

• Computer game design.

• Photography.

• Graphic Design.

• Music Production.

They also had to run workshops that enabled them to share their newly acquired art skills with other young people.

Luke O’Keefe, YOS Sports and Activities Co-ordinator, said: “The work produced by young people demonstrates notable talent. It provides evidence that given the opportunity these young people can achieve great things.”

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New season at The Hawth (August – October 2010)

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Crawley is in for a treat this autumn, The Hawth is just about to reveal its new season and it has lots to offer those who love great music, hilarious comedy, stunning dance and powerful theatre.

Theatrical highlights for the coming months include the return of Love & Madness. The highly-acclaimed company wowed audiences with their performances of Oliver Twist, La Ronde and Romeo and Juliet at The Hawth in the last year and now they are back in The Studio with Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Richard III. Tara Arts are also back by public demand, this time bringing Shakespeare’s tragic romance to life using Bangladeshi theatre styles to breathe new life into the bard’s work in People’s Romeo. The Studio will also be offering a brand new show from Toby Wilsher, co-founder of Trestle Theatre with his new company MetaMorpho. Devil In The Detail is mask theatre at its best, dark comedy not to be missed!

Busting Out

Comedy fans have plenty to laugh about too with Busting Out! The hit musical comedy from Down Under. The show combines stand up comedy, musical, theatre and cabaret to leaving you feeling so good you’ll be busting to tell all your friends. If it’s Laughter Therapy you’re after then look no further as that’s the title of Jimmy Carr’s new show and you know what they say, laughter is the best medicine. Later in the season The Naked Truth will combine the funny and the poignant in a story of real women and real lives. The all-star cast including Maureen Nolan and Claire King (Emmerdale, Bad Girls) tell the story of five very different women and their struggle to master the art of pole dancing for a charity event sharing laughter and tears along the way.

Devil In The Detail

Music is always a key part of any Hawth season and the autumn is no exception. Blues-singing, guitar-picking, songwriting raconteur Roy Book Binder is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. As is Britain’s best-loved diva Jane McDonald. The singer and TV star will be leaving behind her Loose Women to perform a sensational concert with her fabulous musicians and singers. Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman of Rock band Yes have joined forces once again for a one off UK tour, The Anderson/Wakeman Project 360, features classic Yes and exclusive first performances of new songs, plus hilarious anecdotes from the two rock legends. Back For Good will be recreating the magic of Take That featuring a feast of feel-good hits from Relight My Fire to Patience, while One Night of Queen and Think Floyd will be paying tribute to two more greats. For those wanting to try something new, Mala Mamane Barka and his tribal songs are a chance to experience the mesmerising and unique music of a nomadic Niger tribe.

Jane McDonald

Dance, dance, dance with three very different dance performances that will each leave audiences breathless. Tango Pasión’s energy, zest and fervour for the Argentinean tango will captivate and amaze, experience the beauty and elegance of Tavaziva’s Wild Dog and explore The Shiver through movement and spoken word with Sadhana Dance.

Tango Pasion

October is Black History Month and as always The Hawth is celebrating in style. In fact this year we are starting early with a search for local performers at the Black History Month Talent Show in August. In honour of the World Cup the contest has a South African theme and winners will have the opportunity to perform at some of the main Black History Month events in the town this year. The Hawth’s Black History Month Celebrations include Island Life – An Evening of Diego Garcian Culture, Theatre Centre’s The Day The Waters Came, a play about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and of course the hugely popular Black History Month Celebration featuring a wealth of local talent as well as a performance from Baraka, who combine sounds from across Africa and the Caribbean to get audiences up and dancing!

All this plus much, much more including films, visual art exhibitions and fairs¬¬ are included in the brand new-look brochure, get a free copy by calling the Box Office on 01293 553636 or browse online at www.hawth.co.uk

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The Big Draw was a great success again

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

In October, Crawley held another successful campaign for drawing. The Big Draw is now in it’s tenth year. Crawley has previously been awarded the title of Trailblazer by the Campaign for Drawing, organizers of the Big Draw in 2008.

Organisers of Big Draw event in Crawley selected two themes ‘The Power of Ten’ and ‘Look to the Future’ from the Campaign for Drawing options. All events were free with sketchbooks and stickers handed out at every event.

It all started and finished at Ginger Moo Gallery in the County Mall. Other events were held at Tilgate Park, Oriel High School, Crawley Library and Thomas Bennett Community College. Unfortunately, due to sickness, we were unable to attend all the events but took plenty of pictures for you.

Whilst visiting Oriel High School in Maidenbower, Crawley we spoke to Katie Lehec, Community Arts Co-ordinator for Oriel who told us “Oriel is in it’s fourth year of being an Arts Specialist School and we are very proud of our achievements. The children (and parents alike) used a magnifying glass to portray the image so they could copy it. We focused on texture, colour, shiny surfaces, fabric, tissue paper, paints and felt tips”.

Hazel Ellis from The Hawth Promotions and Community Arts Department said “we are really pleased with the turn out. Especially the after school attendance where local residence travelled from all regions of Crawley to attend.

Rhiannon Davies lives in Pound Hill with her two children aged six and nine who attend Turners Hill Primary School said “the children have had loads of fun, especially the nine year old who thoroughly enjoys drawing and doodling. It’s lovely to see the finished creations”.

Liz McLeish attended with her two children and told us “it’s a lovely opportunity for the children to freely be creative and make some wonderful artistic collages”.

 

An eleven year old young lady told us she is very interested in art and will be focusing on an arts degree. She thought the event was very exciting and hoped to do it again.

During the month of October some amazing creations had been formed out of plastic bags, recycled materials, chalk and various other methods, all created with intelligence and care for the environment as the theme. Back at Ginger Moo for the finale we had the pleasure of being shown round by Rachel Cowell. Rachel bought Ginger Moo to the County Mall a year ago now and has done a brilliant job of bringing local artists to our attention. All the exhibitors are fairly local people, some very young. If you have never popped in to see the art work, we would encourage you to do so.

We would like to thank everyone for their support and kindness. We are keeping our fingers crossed for another top accolade for Crawley for 2009. Our thanks also goes to Sam from CBC for holding the camera and doing such a great job! :-) xx

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