‘It’s All Happening Here!’ sharing at Cornerstone Arts CANCELLED
Following the announcement of the second lockdown coming into place on Thursday 5 November 2020 ODDMANOUT theatre company and Creative Darlington have cancelled the sharing of work from the ‘It’s All Happening Here!’ programme and an exhibition of Darlington Wonders planned inside Cornerstone Arts. While this decision is sadly unavoidable ODDMANOUT are taking steps to […]
NARC. TV launch imminent
NARC. TV is launching Thursday 5th November at 7pm, with performances and interviews from Ceiling Demons, Girl From Winter Jargon, bigfatbig, Mt. Misery, Wax Heart Sodality, Shakk & Eyeconic, Marketplace, Plastic Glass, The Dead Seat and Faye Fantarrow’. Creative Darlington was delighted to back some filming of a number of bands and artists at The […]
The Workhouse Sessions – blogs aplenty
The workhouse sessions is a podcast and a DJ service performing at local events, venues and festivals run by DJ Alan Rees, pictured above. It is focused on building a platform to benefit the guest DJ’s that perform on the podcast and at events they perform at, in collaboration with local venues and businesses. They […]
Hark! – The Sound of Stories, another fantastic concoction
Creative Darlington was delighted to back the first Hark! The Sound of Stories event on 22 November 2019, which was held in Darlington Library, and presented a scintillating combination of live music and readings. There was a really appreciative audience and brilliant performances from artists, bands and readings from authors, a really special vibe. Hark! […]
Hot Contents
CCreative Darlington has allocated support to artist Matthew Pickering to progress a proposal which will consider current environmental concerns. Hot Contents will take place in Darlington, imagining the role of new trades in a not-too-distant future where the over-production of unrecyclable waste materials has dramatically changed our landscape, reimagining Darlington’s history as a hub of […]
CREATING A HULLABALOO WITH THE LAUNCH OF FREE BABY PLAY PACKS
Theatre Hullabaloo, the children’s arts charity based in The Hullabaloo on Borough Road, Darlington have created baby play packs for families and babies in Darlington and in other parts of Tees Valley to play together. The free Hullabaloo Baby Play Packs aimed at babies 12 months and under have been created with support from Darlington […]
Listen up for five new Workhouse Sessions beginning 2 October 2020
Creative Darlington and a business have supported Darlington for Culture’s fantastic small arts grants scheme, which offers grants of up to £500 to successful programmes delivered hereabouts. The scheme has supported a broad variety of activity to date and is currently open to new proposals. Not so long back DJ Alan Rees – The Workhouse […]
Darlington Wonders ….
Since starting in the Creative Darlington role on a fairly frequent basis I’ve discovered more about wonderful people who’ve lived here, and been inspired by those who are living or have had some connection with this place today. I’ve also found out more about how the built and natural environment has or hasn’t changed. It’s […]
#Now Then Darlo … the chalk lingers on
A short while ago Creative Darlington offered some support to artist, curator, explorer Paul Theo Murray to research a proposal for a programme of guerilla graffiti interventions in Darlington Town Centre betwixt July 2020 and beyond. The programme quickly secured media attention, including within The Northern Echo. Various locations and themes have been explored, stencils, […]
Unforgettable Experiences: Call Out
Unforgettable Experiences have put out a call out for service providers to work on a pilot programme they are leading, and Creative Darlington has offered budget to part support the fees of artists selected to work on the pilot programme and some preparation time. We understand those selected will be paid at Artists Union rates, […]
