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LAST CHANCE TO BE A WONDERLOOPER VOLUNTEER
Time is running out for you to get involved in a special event to celebrate the north east’s newest bridge. This Sunday (September 16) unique musical instruments created from leftover materials from Sunderland’s Northern Spire will be used in an event to celebrate the bridge’s opening. The instruments – called ‘Wonderloopers’ – are the invention […]
Read moreCOUNTDOWN TO WONDERLOOPER!
The magical musical instruments created to help celebrate the opening of the north east’s newest bridge will be played for the first time this Sunday (September 16). Wonderloopers have been created from leftover materials from Sunderland’s Northern Spire and are the invention of artist Di Mainstone, who was commissioned to work with communities on both […]
Read moreNAVAL HEROES EXHIBITION GREETS TALL SHIPS VISITORS
TWO of England’s most loved naval commanders will feature in a new exhibition timed to mark the arrival into Sunderland of the Tall Ships. Admiral Horatio Nelson and Newcastle-born Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, heroes of the Napoleonic Wars, will be remembered at an exhibition at Sunderland Museum, Library and Winter Gardens between Saturday, June 2 and […]
Read moreART TO TRANSFORM ICONIC MACKIE’S CORNER
ONE of Sunderland’s most iconic buildings is to be brought back to life. Mackie’s Corner is to host two exhibitions delivered by Sunderland Culture through its Great Place scheme. Sunderland Culture last year secured £1.25m of National Lottery funding from the Great Place Scheme, a joint fund from Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund […]
Read moreDRAMA, COMEDY, MUSIC AND ART IN SPRING PROGRAMME
DRAMA, stand-up comedy, live music and an exhibition from young local artists help make up a busy spring programme at Arts Centre Washington (ACW). Theatre highlights include I, Malvolio, a one-man show written and performed by Tim Crouch. The show explores the character of Malvolio, the pompous manservant to Olivia in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Crouch’s […]
Read moreHIGH WIRE PERFORMANCE OVER THE WEAR… INTRODUCING CIRQUE BIJOU!
We’re delighted to be working with The Tall Ships Races Sunderland 2018 team to produce a cultural programme set to thrill visitors. The programme will feature a wide variety of art forms that will entertain visitors to the city during the visit of the Tall Ships, between Wednesday, July 11 and Saturday, July 14. Actors, musicians […]
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