Our latest news plus blogs from staff, artists and more.
Browse our latest news and blogs below. Our blogs come from a wide range of contributors, some of them are about our work – events, partnerships or projects – some of them are about stuff happening in the arts or our local area.
We hope you’ll find something to interest you and we love comments and conversation so feel free to post them on the blog pages or get in touch on email or social media. We’d also like to hear from you if you have an idea for a blog or you’ve written something you’d like to appear here.
Top image from a performance of NoFit State Circus and Motionhouse’s BLOCK in Fordham Park. Photo by @TheSnapshotCafe.
News
Meet the new faces in our Creative Team
Fri 23 Apr
We warmly welcome two new Associate Directors – Sud Basu and Vicki Amedume, who will help us shape the programme for Borough of Culture 2022 in partnership with Lewisham Council. Sud is an Independent Creative Director and Consultant with wide-ranging experience in cross-artform projects at both a local and national
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The Albany to become food distribution hub in support of local artists and community centres
Thu 18 Mar
As part of the Albany’s ongoing response to support our community in response to the pandemic, we are proud to announce that next week we will become a food distribution hub – a project spearheaded by local creative and marketing professional, Holly Adomah Thompson. Thompson and
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Meet Indie Max of ORBIT
Fri 12 Mar
Hello Indie! Please tell us what you do and a little about yourself. I am a multidisciplinary creative who explodes the mind and emotions through music and theatre. I have been playing and making music since I was a child. I began with classical instrumental training
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A year on from suspending in-person Meet Me sessions at the Albany, today we’re pleased to announce a new project connecting local residents. Run in partnership with Entelechy Arts, Albany Connects is a door to door delivery service enabling creative exchanges between people who may be experiencing isolation
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International Women’s Day: celebrating some extraordinary women that made an impact in Lewisham.
Mon 8 Mar
International Women’s Day is a day that is celebrated all over the world to highlight, remember and give tribute to women’s achievements in all areas of society. We are so proud to work with incredible and talented female artists, performers, producers, co-workers and members of our community who influence our
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Looking back at 2020 – the highs and lows
Thu 11 Feb
For most people 2020 was a difficult year, and it was no different for us. Following the cancellation of all our events and closure of our building from March 2020 onwards in order to stop the spread of coronavirus, we were determined to keep going and hatched ways to carry