STALBRIDGE INFO
  • HOMEPAGE
  • A to Z of Services
    • A to Z OF ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS AND BUILDERS ETC
    • APPLIANCE REPAIRS
    • ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX
    • ANIMAL FEEDS
    • Stalbridge Artists
    • AUTHOR
    • BEAUTY
    • BED AND BREAKFAST IN STALBRIDGE
    • BOILER SERVICING - GAS AND OIL
    • BOOKS
    • BOUNCY CASTLES
    • BUILDERS
    • BUILDING SUPPLIES
    • CAKES AND PIES
    • CAR AND VEHICLE REPAIRS AND MOT >
      • PUBS, TAKEAWAYS AND CAFES IN STALBRIDGE
    • CARPENTRY AND JOINERY SERVICES
    • CARPET CLEANING
    • Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services in Stalbridge
    • CARPET FITTERS
    • CHARITY SHOPS
    • CHIMNEY SWEEP
    • CLEANING SERVICES
    • COMPUTERS
    • DISCO
    • Dog Day Care Services
    • Dog Grooming Services
    • DRIVING INSTRUCTOR
    • ELECTRICIANS
    • FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
    • FLORIST
    • Funeral Directors
    • GARAGE DOORS
    • GARDEN CENTRE
    • GARDEN CLEARANCE
    • GARDEN MACHINERY SALES AND REPAIRS
    • GARDENING SERVICES
    • GREETING CARDS
    • GIFTS
    • GLASS AND GLAZING
    • HABERDASHERY
    • HAIRDRESSERS
    • HANDY MAN
    • Heating Oil Suppliers
    • HOUSE CLEARANCE
    • Kennels and Catteries
    • LANDSCAPING
    • MAN AND VAN
    • MARQUEE HIRE
    • Oil Heating Safety
    • PAINTER
    • Patio, Decking and Driveway Cleaning Services in Stalbridge
    • PEST CONTROL
    • Picture Framers
    • PLASTERER
    • PLUMBER
    • PHOTOCOPYING
    • PHOTOGRAPHER
    • PRINTING
    • REMOVALS
    • ROOFING SPECIALISTS
    • SERVICES
    • SEWING AND SEAMSTRESS
    • SIGN AND BANNER PRINTING
    • SKIP HIRE
    • SOLICITOR
    • STATIONERY
    • TOOL HIRE AND SALES
    • Travel Agents
    • TREE SURGERY
    • Tyres and Batteries
    • VETS
    • Vehicle Transport Services
    • BOBS VEHICLE SERVICES OF STALBRIDGE
    • VINTAGE AND CLASSIC CAR AUCTIONS
    • WEBSITE DESIGNERS
    • WINDOW CLEANER
    • WINDOWS AND DOORS
  • NEWS ITEMS
  • SHOPS IN STALBRIDGE
  • STALBRIDGE TIMELINE
  • Deals for Meals
  • ACTIVITIES
    • LEISURE, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
    • OUTDOOR HEALTHY ACTIVITIES
    • INDOOR HEALTHY ACTIVITIES >
      • STALBRIDGE YOGA
    • Fitness Classes in Stalbridge >
      • KATE JEANS PILATES
    • ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
    • Dorset Beaches
    • Best Dorset Beaches FOR DOGS
  • ESSENTIAL SERVICES
    • Health >
      • Stalbridge Community Volunteer Car Scheme
    • Community
    • LIBRARY
    • Church >
      • Education >
        • Legal and Financial
    • Support
    • Travel >
      • BUSES
      • COACHES
      • Community Transport for Stalbridge
      • TAXIS
      • TRAINS
    • Youth
    • Environment >
      • Stalbridge Primary School Recycling
    • Worthy Causes
    • Veterinary
    • Venues
  • STALBRIDGE HISTORY
    • STALBRIDGE HISTORY SOCIETY
    • Old Photos of Stalbridge
    • OLD MAPS OF STALBRIDGE
    • STALBRIDGE THEN AND NOW CLIPS
    • The Stalbridge Archive
  • Contact Stalbridge Info
  • SEARCH FOR SOMETHING
  • ABOUT STALBRIDGE
    • STALBRIDGE WEATHER TODAY
    • STALBRIDGE STREET MAP
    • STALBRIDGE PHOTO GALLERY
  • FORUM
  • Dorset Landscape Photography
  • Spotlight on Commerce
  • TEST PAGE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • STALBRIDGE HELPERS SCHEME
Picture

Artsreach – bringing professional performing arts to rural Dorset

Picture
Picture
Picture
While some of you might regularly see live music or theatre events being advertised at village halls across Dorset, and many of you might regularly attend these shows, you may not realise that they are being organised by Artsreach; you may not even know what ‘Artsreach’ is….
Artsreach is Dorset’s rural touring arts organisation, giving rural communities all over the county the opportunity to see and participate in high quality arts events in their own villages. As a charitable organisation, Artsreach aims to make ticket prices accessible to everyone and to enable this to happen, it currently receives funding from Arts Council England, Dorset County Council, North, West and East Dorset and Purbeck District Councils.
 
The first Artsreach programme was launched in February 1990 and featured just nine shows. Now twenty-five years on, (yes, we celebrate our 25th Birthday this year!) Artsreach works with a large network of voluntary promoters to deliver its programme of roughly 150 performances a year to around fifty rural venues across the County. Whilst our main aim is to deliver the arts to rural audiences, Artsreach also plays an important role in providing a source of income to the village halls in which it works, with all venues keeping a percentage of the box office and often making extra income from refreshments and raffles. Without the hard work and commitment of the volunteer promoters and teams in each village, Artsreach simply wouldn’t exist. These volunteers take responsibility for selecting shows, booking the hall, distributing publicity, selling tickets and running each event, often then feeding and accommodating the performer, and all because they each believe in providing their community with the opportunity to come together and enjoy quality performances and events.
 
Performers and companies such as The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Jacqui Dankworth, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and poet Matt Harvey have all appeared on the Artsreach circuit, as well as international acts such as Harald Haugaard, Tim Kliphuis, Panta Rei and Etran Finatawa.
 
This coming season sees a programme packed with international musicians, award-winning theatre companies, outstanding children’s performances and even some French new circus, and information on Artsreach events taking place at nearby village halls can be found under the events timeline section of this website. With a huge range of performances taking place all year round, plus a summer programme of children’s activities and frequent visual arts projects and exhibitions, can you really afford not to find out more?
Visit the Artsreach website today for further information, to see the latest programme of events and to join the mailing list for regular Artsreach updates.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
The Artsreach website
Picture
Picture
Picture
© COPYRIGHT 2012-2021. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WEBSITE DESIGNED, BUILT AND EDITED BY FIELDHOUSE WEB DESIGN OF STALBRIDGE
Picture
STALBRIDGE INFO IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY STALBRIDGE TOWN COUNCIL
Picture
  • HOMEPAGE
  • A to Z of Services
    • A to Z OF ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS AND BUILDERS ETC
    • APPLIANCE REPAIRS
    • ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX
    • ANIMAL FEEDS
    • Stalbridge Artists
    • AUTHOR
    • BEAUTY
    • BED AND BREAKFAST IN STALBRIDGE
    • BOILER SERVICING - GAS AND OIL
    • BOOKS
    • BOUNCY CASTLES
    • BUILDERS
    • BUILDING SUPPLIES
    • CAKES AND PIES
    • CAR AND VEHICLE REPAIRS AND MOT >
      • PUBS, TAKEAWAYS AND CAFES IN STALBRIDGE
    • CARPENTRY AND JOINERY SERVICES
    • CARPET CLEANING
    • Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services in Stalbridge
    • CARPET FITTERS
    • CHARITY SHOPS
    • CHIMNEY SWEEP
    • CLEANING SERVICES
    • COMPUTERS
    • DISCO
    • Dog Day Care Services
    • Dog Grooming Services
    • DRIVING INSTRUCTOR
    • ELECTRICIANS
    • FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
    • FLORIST
    • Funeral Directors
    • GARAGE DOORS
    • GARDEN CENTRE
    • GARDEN CLEARANCE
    • GARDEN MACHINERY SALES AND REPAIRS
    • GARDENING SERVICES
    • GREETING CARDS
    • GIFTS
    • GLASS AND GLAZING
    • HABERDASHERY
    • HAIRDRESSERS
    • HANDY MAN
    • Heating Oil Suppliers
    • HOUSE CLEARANCE
    • Kennels and Catteries
    • LANDSCAPING
    • MAN AND VAN
    • MARQUEE HIRE
    • Oil Heating Safety
    • PAINTER
    • Patio, Decking and Driveway Cleaning Services in Stalbridge
    • PEST CONTROL
    • Picture Framers
    • PLASTERER
    • PLUMBER
    • PHOTOCOPYING
    • PHOTOGRAPHER
    • PRINTING
    • REMOVALS
    • ROOFING SPECIALISTS
    • SERVICES
    • SEWING AND SEAMSTRESS
    • SIGN AND BANNER PRINTING
    • SKIP HIRE
    • SOLICITOR
    • STATIONERY
    • TOOL HIRE AND SALES
    • Travel Agents
    • TREE SURGERY
    • Tyres and Batteries
    • VETS
    • Vehicle Transport Services
    • BOBS VEHICLE SERVICES OF STALBRIDGE
    • VINTAGE AND CLASSIC CAR AUCTIONS
    • WEBSITE DESIGNERS
    • WINDOW CLEANER
    • WINDOWS AND DOORS
  • NEWS ITEMS
  • SHOPS IN STALBRIDGE
  • STALBRIDGE TIMELINE
  • Deals for Meals
  • ACTIVITIES
    • LEISURE, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
    • OUTDOOR HEALTHY ACTIVITIES
    • INDOOR HEALTHY ACTIVITIES >
      • STALBRIDGE YOGA
    • Fitness Classes in Stalbridge >
      • KATE JEANS PILATES
    • ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
    • Dorset Beaches
    • Best Dorset Beaches FOR DOGS
  • ESSENTIAL SERVICES
    • Health >
      • Stalbridge Community Volunteer Car Scheme
    • Community
    • LIBRARY
    • Church >
      • Education >
        • Legal and Financial
    • Support
    • Travel >
      • BUSES
      • COACHES
      • Community Transport for Stalbridge
      • TAXIS
      • TRAINS
    • Youth
    • Environment >
      • Stalbridge Primary School Recycling
    • Worthy Causes
    • Veterinary
    • Venues
  • STALBRIDGE HISTORY
    • STALBRIDGE HISTORY SOCIETY
    • Old Photos of Stalbridge
    • OLD MAPS OF STALBRIDGE
    • STALBRIDGE THEN AND NOW CLIPS
    • The Stalbridge Archive
  • Contact Stalbridge Info
  • SEARCH FOR SOMETHING
  • ABOUT STALBRIDGE
    • STALBRIDGE WEATHER TODAY
    • STALBRIDGE STREET MAP
    • STALBRIDGE PHOTO GALLERY
  • FORUM
  • Dorset Landscape Photography
  • Spotlight on Commerce
  • TEST PAGE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • STALBRIDGE HELPERS SCHEME