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A stretch target of £8,000 would allow us to upgrade our light, sound and film equi...
Help us build a puppet theatre in Newcastle!
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Aim: A new centre for puppetry and community arts in Newcastle, including a theatre, workshop space and creative opportunities.
Join Moving Parts Arts on our journey to build the North East of England’s only theatre and studio space dedicated to puppetry. Our dreams to transform a former call centre in the West End of Newcastle into a vibrant creative hub will only be possible with your support.
Raising £5,000 will bring to life:
- A 60-seat performance space championing puppetry for adults, teens, children and families.
- Rehearsal and creation space for North East artists.
- A workshop space for groups of up to 40 people, that gives everyone a chance to access creative activities.
- A puppet library and museum display.
All of the above resources will be built in Carr Ellison House, Elswick, which is a wheelchair user accessible space. The site is a 10 minute bus journey from Newcastle Central Station, with up to 7 buses an hour, and has over 100 free car parking spaces.
The time is now. Since piloting the first Newcastle Puppetry Festival in 2017, Moving Parts Arts CIO has grown into a year-round registered charity (1194137), reaching over 28,000 people each year with a range of unique activities.
Over the past 8 years, your first Moving Parts experience may have been dancing with a giant squid on Northumberland Street, crafting a shadow puppet in Denton Library, or parading with a huge red kite in Gateshead. No matter how you first discovered the magic of puppetry, or if you’re yet to come to one of our events, the Moving Parts Puppet Theatre is for you.
This has been a dream of ours since the beginning - to create a thriving hub of puppetry in the North East. The nearest puppet theatre is over 75 miles away in any direction. We’ve built our small charity from the ground up, right here in Newcastle, and with your help, we now feel ready to start this exciting new chapter.
Raising £5,000 would pay for:
- New flooring for the theatre and workshop space
- Theatre curtains and blinds
- Staging
- Chairs and tables
- Space rent for three months whilst we build the theatre
A stretch target of £8,000 would allow us to upgrade our light, sound and film equipment, opening the door to more creative opportunities for artists and an elevated theatre experience for audiences.
The world needs more creativity and joy - with your help, let us build it.
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This project successfully funded on 13th December 2024