“By far the best
value for money in Wolverhampton”
(Theatre Booker)

“Staff were extremely
friendly and keen to
please. An excellent
venue” (Theatre
Booker)

The staff really
enjoyed the
performance,
especially audience
participation and
rhythmic beat.
Likewise the children
were enchanted,
looking around in awe
and wonder” (Polly
Put the Kettle On for
under 5s - Dunstall
Hill Nursery)

“I would like to thank you and your staff for making the participants of the NDCS Festival of Performing Arts feel so welcome at the Newhampton Arts Centre.” (SCDS)

Portuguese visitors – Urban Girls meet rural Boys

Fances Land, Co-director of Foursight Theatre writes:

For two weeks in May we played host to Portuguese theatre company, Teatro Do Montemuro. Over the last eight years we have been Foursight rehearsaldeveloping a relationship with this company based in the wilds of Portugal’s northern mountains, in the tiny village of Campo Benfeito.
 
During the two weeks they were here at NAC we began to develop a script and music and looked at how we could work with the different languages. The end result will be ‘ Pertencia – the butcher baby’s tale’which opens at the National Theatre in Porto this October and tours the UK in March 2011.
 
For more info take a peek at the short film on our blog at www.foursighttheatre.co.uk

( image: from left to right Paulo Duarte, Eduardo Correia, Frances Land. photo by Robert Day)
 

A New Face

We are pleased to welcome Andrea Guest who will be working with us on a six month placement in the Box Office /Reception. Andrea will be covering afternoons from 12.30pm.
   

LOOK AT ME NOW!

"Look at Me Now!" A Portrait of Youth Theatre History

Central Youth Theatre turns 25 this year. The specially commissioned exhibition "Look at Me Now!" tracks down 25 former members to discover where they are in the world and how Central Youth Theatre shaped their lives.
Almost 3000 young people have passed through CYT since its beginnings in 1983. The youth theatre was awarded £35,000 by the Arts Lottery to help it mount a truly innovate exhibition to mark its 25th Anniversary. Members in the exhibition include:
o Tim Routledge, lighting programmer for London's contribution to the Beijing Olympics.
o Art director Liz Griffiths, who has worked on Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Angus.
o Theatre producer Edmund O�Driscoll, currently touring productions of �Allo �Allo and Dad�s Army.
o Ian Connop, stage manager at the National Theatre.
o BBC News at Ten journalist, Alys Cummings.
o Boyzone production assistant Claire Pearson
o Rising comedy stars, members of the Chortle-award-winning Pappy's Fun Club, Tom Parry and Ben Clark.

Created by West Midlands photographer Kate Green and exciting new artist Rhiannon Worgan, "Look at Me Now" ran from 8th - 17th January at the Arena Theatre, W'ton and from 17th June - 19th August will be at the Grand Theatre W'ton.
   

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If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/newhamptonarts and when you register, select Newhampton Arts Centre as the organisation you wish to support
 
   
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