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Russell Maliphant’s Vortex
Jan 1
Russell Maliphant’s Vortex

Vortex by Russell Maliphant. Filmed live by Martin Collins at Sadler’s Wells, London. Russell Maliphant paints his own interpretation with movement, light and shadow to create a poetic journey, with the exceptional dancers of Russell Maliphant Dance Company.

St Osyth Summer Sounds
Jul 18
St Osyth Summer Sounds

St Osyth Summer Sounds: Music & Food Festival, your new destination for world-class performances, family-friendly fun and mouth-watering culinary delights.

St Osyth Summer Sounds
Jul 19
St Osyth Summer Sounds

St Osyth Summer Sounds: Music & Food Festival, your new destination for world-class performances, family-friendly fun and mouth-watering culinary delights.

Sea-Change
Apr 7
Sea-Change

The Cutty Sark, now a memorial to seafarers killed in the two world wars, would have passed the lighthouse on its maiden voyage from Dumbarton to London in 1869. Sea Change was inspired by the surrounding landscape with poetic resonances on loss and memory.

Boy’s Khaya
Apr 7
Boy’s Khaya

BOY’S KHAYA is Tavaziva Dance’s latest work, a powerful exploration of Bawren Tavaziva’s early life in Zimbabwe. Combining contemporary, ballet, and African dance with spoken word and music, it delves into themes of political persecution, colonialism, and human fragility, offering an immersive and unforgettable experience.

Cubitt Sessions Digital During Lockdown
Apr 7
Cubitt Sessions Digital During Lockdown

Cubitt Sessions - Digital During Lockdown

While You Are Here
Apr 7
While You Are Here

While You Are Here explores the events that unfold over time in one small space. In 2115 past secrets are uncovered, three centuries earlier a couple contemplate their future, someone catches fire and a dream is forever lost. Simultaneously looking at the past, present and future, stories are connected through their location, forgotten incidents ricocheting through the space as generations of humans pass by trying to make sense of life, death, and time.

Up My Street - During Lockdown
Apr 7
Up My Street - During Lockdown

Up My Street - Digital During Lockdown

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Creative Tendring puts culture in the hands of local people
Creative Tendring puts culture in the hands of local people

Creative Tendring has been awarded £750,000 as part of Arts Council England’s largest ever Creative People and Places (CPP) Portfolio, investing £42 million across 45 UK programmes from 2026–29 to spark more grassroots-led cultural experiences in areas where participation in the arts is below the national average.

Arts Trust Shortlisted for the 2025 Fantastic for Families Awards!
Arts Trust Shortlisted for the 2025 Fantastic for Families Awards!

We’re absolutely thrilled to share that Arts Trust has been shortlisted for the 2025 Fantastic for Families Awards, this recognition underscores our ongoing mission: to use creativity to connect people, reduce isolation, and empower communities.

The Hope Tree 2025
The Hope Tree 2025

The Hope Tree grew from a simple idea: that every person carries a quiet hope for their community, and when those hopes are shared and seen, they begin to take root.

St Osyth Summer Sounds
St Osyth Summer Sounds

St Osyth Summer Sounds, produced by the charity Arts Trust Productions, is a bold new festival created to reduce isolation in rural and marginalised communities by connecting people through music, food, and community engagement.

Building Momentum: Summer in the Park and Our Partnership with Sundae PR
Building Momentum: Summer in the Park and Our Partnership with Sundae PR

Summer in the Park & Sundae PR: At Arts Trust Productions, our festivals do more than entertain, they bring people together, create pride in place, and shine a spotlight on our communities.

St Osyth Summer Sounds: A New Festival for St Osyth
St Osyth Summer Sounds: A New Festival for St Osyth

St Osyth Summer Sounds made its debut this August, bringing world-class music, delicious food, and a true sense of community spirit to the heart of the village. Designed as a festival for and with the people of Tendring, its first year has laid the foundations for a new annual tradition.

WE WON: London Sports Award
WE WON: London Sports Award

We won the London Sports Award for Community Impact.

Join King’s Cross Summer Sounds Community Choir
Join King’s Cross Summer Sounds Community Choir

We're looking for singers of all abilities to help create moments of joy and wonder for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

  • Well done to everyone involved in running and funding this wonderful free festival! Keep doing this!

    EFDSS - Katy Spicer

  • Great to have an accessible and free event that supports people’s love of music

    King’s Cross Summer Sounds Audience Member

  • Great day of activity for the kids with culture, music and fun

    Summer in the Park Audiance Member

  • this is one of the most amazing experiences my daughter has ever experienced

    Fire Songs: PMLD Audience Member

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View fullsize £750K AWARDED FOR CREATIVE TENDRING We’re thrilled to announce that Creative Tendring has been awarded £750,000 from Arts Council England as part of the new Creative People and Places (CPP) portfolio (2026–29), investing &pou
View fullsize We’re absolutely thrilled to share that Arts Trust has been shortlisted for the 2025 Fantastic for Families Awards for our flagship programme, Summer in the Park! This national recognition from the Family Arts Campaign celebrates organisations
View fullsize We’re thrilled to share that Arts Trust Productions was named Runner-Up in the Tendring4Growth Awards for Leisure & Hospitality, proudly sponsored by Surya Hotels. It’s an honour to have our work recognised in this way, and we couldn
View fullsize We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected as a finalist in the Leisure and Hospitality category at the Tendring4Growth Business Awards 2025, sponsored by Surya Hotels. A huge thank you to Tendring District Council, t
View fullsize Summer in the Park & Sundae PR. At Arts Trust Productions, our festivals do more than entertain, they bring people together, create pride in place, and shine a spotlight on our communities. This year, with our brilliant partners Sundae PR, we a
View fullsize We’ve got hundreds of amazing photos from Summer in the Park 2025 – and over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing them with you (forgive us in advance, they’re far too good to keep hidden away on a hard drive!). Summer in the
View fullsize Our friends at Mercury Theatre, Colchester, are excited to present Noël Coward’s timeless comedy Private Lives. Love and chaos collide in this sparkling comedy of manners. It’s a hilarious, stylish and a rollercoaster of emotions, fi
View fullsize What a summer it’s been! Over the past few months we’ve brought 14 festivals to our local communities across London and Essex, filling parks, squares, and open spaces with music, dance, food and joy. A huge thank you to Applause Rural To
View fullsize King's Cross Summer Sounds: REPLAY with Samsung. From 18–24 August, you can relive the magic of the festival with Replay with Samsung, a week-long opportunity to listen back to specially selected moments completely free at Samsung KX in King&r
View fullsize Check out Brimstone - walking the streets of King’s Cross Summer Sounds. If we are lucky he will be back with us a few times today! Folk Family Sunday!
View fullsize Folk Family Sunday - at Kings Cross Summer Sounds. Sunday 17 Aug: 12:30pm - 6pm Enjoy an afternoon of glorious, diverse, and upbeat folk music as the English Folk Dance and Song Society brings King’s Cross alive with rhythm, movement, and ma
View fullsize Leading Young British Opera Singers - at King's Cross Summer Sounds. A unique evening of opera, musical theatre and song with four of the country’s most exciting young singers, associated with English National Opera. Ellie Laugharne (Soprano
View fullsize Loved King’s Cross Summer Sounds? Why not make your next adventure St Osyth Summer Sounds: Music & Food Festival! Escape to the coast for a day out in the country during the last weekend of the school holidays. Enjoy world-class music, s
View fullsize What an amazing night we had with Brass Rascals this week. If you missed out - why don't you come and see YolanDa Brown this evening, 6:30pm at Coal Drops Yard.
View fullsize YolanDa Brown: A Bob Marley tribute - at King's Cross Summer Sounds Friday 15 Aug: 6:30pm Inspired by trailblazing tribute releases from artists like Monty Alexander and Charlie Hunter, YolanDa fuses jazz, reggae, and soul to reimagine classics suc
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View fullsize Triptic & Alice Zawaczki - at King's Cross Summer Sounds. Thursday 14 Aug: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Three members of Scotland's brilliantly unclassifiable world/folk band Moishe's Bagel come together in a new project. Dramatic tango meets joyful klezme
View fullsize Brass Rascals - at King's Cross Summer Sounds. Wednesday 13 Aug: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Drum and bass. Jungle. Garage. Gospel. Grime. Bassline. Jazz. All played live by The Intergalactic Brass Rascals. Think Rebirth Brass Band meets Rinse FM. Think secon
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