Theatre Absolute

30/11/2024

Great to find out about this meet up for cultural organisations and freelancers in Cov 🙌

07/11/2024

Such a wonderful launch of ‘A Quilt in the Making’ Julia’s commission for Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday plus an insightful conversation with director Doreen Foster. ❤️

Do go and visit the quilt on display now at the Theatre Bar till 15th December. Find out more on Julia's website: https://www.juliaoconnell.co.uk/projects/a-quilt-in-the-making

The piece was created with workshop participants at the Arts Centre, Foleshill Women’s Training, Kairos, Canley Community Centre and nurses and staff from the Intensive Care Department at George Eliot Hospital.

Julia also hosts a sold out stitch-in within the Mead Gallery tonight amongst the fabulous Material Worlds contemporary textiles exhibition 🧵

05/11/2024

Join ITC and Equity for a masterclass on contracting people fairly, easily and legally. You’ll get an update from specialist lawyers on the latest changes to employment law that you need to be aware of, plus the chance to pick up best practice. Producers, hiring managers, executives and anyone els...

04/11/2024

Sharing today the second in our series of Project:Public conversations ⭐️🎥

Earlier in the year, the fab Dr. Helen Wheatley sat down with Project:Public commissioned artist Adele Mary Reed to chat about and explore her multi-dimensional work Polaroids, Podcasts and Perambulation. Watch the video in full along with the piece itself: https://theatreabsolute.co.uk/commissions/polaroids-podcasts-perambulation/

Helen and Adele chatted about the background of the work, spontaneity, collaboration, and walking as a subject matter in artistic practice, amongst other topics.

Many thanks to Talking Birds for hosting and Chris O'Connell who produced the video.

02/11/2024

Julia launches her beautiful quilt commission today! Warwick Arts Centre, 1.30 - 3.30pm at the Theatre Bar. She will also be in conversation with director Doreen Foster at 2pm. Free, just drop in! See you there xx

Find out more:

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations we have commissioned Coventry based artist Julia O’Connell to create a quilt that embodies the spirit of community expression and activism. Julia is working with our community partners Kairos, Canley Communit

23/10/2024

Read Julia’s blog post ❤️

We commissioned artist Julia O'Connell to create a quilt to celebrate our 50th anniversary. A new hand stitched quilt that would embody the spirit of community, expression and activism. Here Julia shares her experience of making the quilt and the brilli

17/10/2024

👀 Free courses for creative freelancers in Cov: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/businessbooster

📢 ✨ FREE training programme for Coventry's creative sectors!

We are launching a new training programme designed to support freelancers and smaller organisations working in arts and culture! There's a range of free sessions aimed at enhancing and developing key skills such as fundraising, marketing, safeguarding, media coaching and how to use data.

📆 The Arts and Culture Business Booster programme will run from 11 November to 13 December with over 300 places available.

Tag your friends working in the creative sectors in our comments below to let them know!

Link is in our comments below to register or find out more ⤵️

14/10/2024

Delighted to share the first in a new series of video Conversations around our current work Project:Public 🥳 🎥

Julia and Chris sat down with Justine Themen, who, as a practitioner and director, has collaborated with Theatre Absolute many times. Watch the video in full at our website: https://theatreabsolute.co.uk/projects/project-public/

They talked about life since leaving the Shop Front Theatre, and adapting to a post-venue climate. Indeed, after over 30 years as a professional company making work in many different ways, what might a new phase of work look like.

Many thanks to Talking Birds for hosting us at The Nest!

09/10/2024

Do apply for this great paid opportunity with our friends Warwick Arts Centre to stage a workshop, gig, performance, screening or any other idea for People's Day on Saturday 30th November.

Deadline next week (16th October). xx

All the info here: https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/news-and-blog/call-out-for-proposals-peoples-day/

28/09/2024

A Saturday morning treat. Bumped into Coventry's #1 culture vulture yesterday, Alan Van Wijgerden, and so, not unlike he has done to others for the last 5 years, stuck a camera in his face!

17/09/2024

A date for your diary! 📔 Julia will be in conversation with Warwick Arts Centre director Doreen Foster on Sat 2nd Nov, 1:30 – 3:30pm to mark the launch of her quilt commission, part of Warwick Arts Centre's 50th anniversary celebrations!

Highlighting the power of collaboration Julia has been working with community partners Kairos WWT, Canley Community Centre, FWT - a centre for women and George Eliot Hospital Charity in addition to staff and students at the University of Warwick.

Free, just drop in! Info here: https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/nci-a-quilt-in-the-making/

Photo by Andy Moore

16/09/2024

Congrats to Warwick Arts Centre on 50 incredible years! 🎉 Take a look at the article where you might spot a familiar name... 😉

The venue is marking the occasion in November with a month-long programme of events.

29/08/2024

Gallery 37 is has a call for poets of colour, submit 1500 words or less about what does it mean to belong in the West Midlands as a person of colour. Poetry or prose is accepted. The deadline is the 10th of September.

18/08/2024

Don’t miss these fantastic FREE performances in Cov city centre over the next few weeks programmed by the fab Imagineer Productions.

Find all the details here:

Discover the vibrant heart of Coventry with Streets of Cov, a dynamic new outdoor arts festival from Imagineer bringing FREE performances of circus, dance, music, storytelling, physical theatre and water-based pyrotechnics to the city streets. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays over six weekends for a...

31/07/2024

Some great opportunities to join the Motionhouse team - deadlines mid August xx

🎉 Join our team! 🎉

We have three brilliant opportunities to join our friendly team!

✨️ Programme Coordinator: it's an exciting time to be joining our team as we prepare for an extensive UK and European tour of our brand-new theatre show Hidden, which will premiere at Warwick Arts Centre in February 2025.

✨️ 2x Creative Learning Dance Artists (1x full-time position and 1x part-time position). If you're passionate about dance and love teaching and working with young people, particularly those who don’t ordinarily have access to the arts, this role could be perfect for you.

Find out more and apply here: https://bit.ly/4c1JtU8