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Jasper Pedyo in conversation with Jamie Huckbody
“No to transcendence and spiritual values, heroic scale, anguished decisions, historicising narrative, valuable artefact, intelligent structure, interesting visual experience.” Robert Morris Minimalist. Modernist. Pop artist. Aesthete. Craftsman. Jasper Pedyo is...
Read MoreCross The Sky – Rainbow Project
Cross The Sky are The Civic’s resident theatre company, made up of actors with learning and physical disabilities and co-ordinated for us by three specialist artists and volunteers. By using a wide spectrum of art forms the...
Read MoreWelcome to the Jungle – Michael Steer
During a time when the arts face huge challenges, artist Michael Steer, whose exhibition I WAS HERE has been installed in our Panorama space this season, explores their importance. Most...
Read MoreKathryn Roberts -“It’s amazing because it means I get to go on tour with my best mate”
Back in February I had a chat with Kathryn Roberts, due to play The Civic with her partner Sean Lakemen in March. Little did we know what was in store...
Read MoreBlack Creativity Matters: An interview with Jasper Pedyo
Diversity enriches every aspect of our lives, from the food we eat, the way we speak, the music we listen to; celebrating and shining a light on our cultural differences...
Read MoreA message from our CEO Helen Ball
We announced on Monday 12th October that we were lucky enough to receive some funding from the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund. The total funding we received was £57,362. This funding...
Read MoreCommunity Engagement- Workshops
In this last part of our series of four blogs looking back over a year of Community Engagement, we shine a light of the various way in which we have...
Read MoreCommunity Engagement – Theatre in the Community
Up until last year, The Civic had only occasionally taken touring theatre companies into non-traditional venues, including village halls, libraries and sports clubs. Our Community Engagement activity gives us the...
Read MoreCommunity Engagement – #OurNorth
In this blog we take a look at #OurNorth, which was a season long programme of exhibitions, pop-up events and community engagement celebrating the culture and creativity of the North....
Read MoreCommunity Engagement – An Introduction
Twelve months ago, we launched our then new Community Engagement programme; part of a wider audience development plan, its aim was to widen its reach by developing new audiences in...
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