Our latest news plus blogs from staff, artists and more.
Browse our latest news and blog posts below. Our blog posts 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.
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Q: How did the idea for Big Up! first come about? We were inspired by the success of our last collaborative show, The Broke N Beat Collective, which was aimed at young adults. We wanted to develop a new show which used these forms specifically for 3 to 6-year olds
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When did you first become interested in writing plays? I never had drama lessons at school. And we never read any plays either. After leaving primary school, I didn’t have an English lesson for 2 years because of a teacher’s strike and a staff shortage. So, the world of
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Albany ‘Rebels’ Commissions Announced
Tue 15 Jan 2019
We received over 100 applications for the open call commissions and the standard was exceptionally high. So high in fact that we were initially offering 4 commissions, but we have now committed to six. We are also excited to be supporting an additional 9 projects or artists that applied to
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A Theatre Trip for Every Child: New Film
Sat 12 Jan 2019
Exciting news on our spring plans for our campiagn to provide a free theatre ticket to every child in Lewisham is coming soon too so watch this space.
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The Albany Win Funding to Launch Lewisham Young People’s Hub
Wed 19 Dec 2018
We’ve been awarded just over £385k by the Big Lottery Fund to expand our work with and launch a creative hub for young people across Lewisham and beyond. The project will begin in January 2019 and take place over the next three years, establishing a gateway to the creative
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Q&A with FANS playwright Nina Berry
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Can you explain the story of FANS? This is the story of what it means to be a true music fan. The passion, the obsession, the lengths you find yourself prepared to go for that one artist or band who you simply couldn’t imagine your life without. This is the