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13/12/2023
We’ve rounded off 2023 with a bang – a collaborative, week-long, aerial skills residency at Theatre Royal Plymouth.   Artists and practitioners from Diverse City, Extraordinary Bodies, Cirque Bijou…
In October, we worked alongside Super Culture to combine two of Weston-Super-Mare’s greatest assets: their beautiful marine lake, and the amazing staff of their incredible hospital, to create SW!M75…
Hold tight. There’s a change coming.   The taboo smashing play about menopause is back, and better than ever! After a sell-out run in 2019, and a successful short…
17/11/2023
Job Opportunity: could you be our new Governance and Compliance Manager? We are entering an exciting period, and this new role has been created to support the Senior Management Team (SMT)…
We’re looking for two new members of our board of trustees to join our existing cohort, and jointly chair the board.   We are entering an exciting period, and…
Job Opportunity: Diverse City are recruiting a part-time Personal Assistant (PA) for Eilís Davis, Artistic Director of Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists. We are looking for a confident and organised…
21/07/2023
Diverse City is delighted to once again be supporting our friends at Cirque Bijou as they create another spectacular finale to Bestival. Cirque Bijou are once again producing Camp…
19/06/2023
SW!M TOO: Celebrating Swanage Swimmers’ Stories   Join us at The Mowlem in Swanage on Midsummer’s Day, as we celebrate the success of last year’s collaboration, SW!M, with a…
Diverse City and G.E.M.S. Circus Arts School are joining forces to offer Uplift Aerial: a new, inclusive aerial class, for young people in the BCP area. We are inviting the…
03/05/2023
Connecting Communities is a programme of creative work with diverse communities local to the venues that Extraordinary Bodies productions visit on tour. All around the UK, our creative teams…
22/02/2023
Are you aged between 18-30? Do you have ideas? Are you curious about the inner workings of performance, access and / or leadership? Diverse City is working alongside Rising…
19/01/2023
Swim Club An uplifting new short film, exploring the community, camaraderie, and vulnerability of a close-knit group of wild swimmers as they prepare to take the plunge into performance….
09/01/2023
I never imagined myself doing aerial again.  Journalist Meg Fozzard had never considered returning to her love of aerial performance since becoming disabled in 2019, but working with Diverse…
12/12/2022
Are you a Support Worker? We need you!   We are compiling a database of CREATIVE SUPPORT WORKERS as we regularly work with individuals who require support of various kinds. We…
04/11/2022
PRESS RELEASE   Performing Arts charity Diverse City is happy that it will continue to be a key part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio (NPO) from 2023-26. The grant…
In this, the second part of our series on Humane Employment, we’ll be taking a look at things from a producer’s perspective. If you missed part one – a…
31/08/2022
Outreach is one of those terms thrown about in the arts which a lot of people aren’t entirely clear on. What is Outreach? Why is it important? What does…
01/08/2022
We are fortunate, here at Diverse City, to have not one, but two Artistic Directors: Claire Hodgson, and Jamie Beddard. On paper, their role is to lead the company’s…
25/07/2022
At Diverse City, we believe wholeheartedly in Humane Employment. By that, we mean that work should not be something you have to endure. We want everyone we work with…
21/06/2022
Back in July, Diverse City, with Cirque Bijou and an integrated cast of dancers, achieved a successful attempt on the Guinness World Record for mass disco dance at Camp…