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03/05/2023
A composite image of the artists working on the project. Clair Sargeant, Natalie Speake, Debbie Goatley-Birch and Harry Bassett.

Connecting Communities: Meet the Artists

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

Get OnBoard

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
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Swim Club – a new short film

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
Meg Fozzard, a white woman with curly long, fair hair sits with her face cupped in her chin in her wheelchair. She wears a soft pink dress, black tights and ankle boots.

Working with Diverse City inspired me to reconnect with aerial

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
A woman with long blonde hair and a young learning disabled man with short brown hair standing, with one hand against the other's.

Attention all Creative Support Workers!

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…
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04/11/2022
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Diverse City awarded Arts Council National Portfolio funding for 2023-26.

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…
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22/09/2022
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Humane Employment: A Conversation with Kate McStraw

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…
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31/08/2022
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Looking at Outreach

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
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Spotlight on Claire Hodgson

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
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Humane Employment: A Conversation with Jonny Leitch

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
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Disco Dancing at Bestival!

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…
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17/06/2022
A middle-aged white woman waving a rainbow-coloured scarf above her head on a dark stage. Behind her, a black middle aged woman and a white middle aged woman, a young black woman, and a young white woman BSL interpreting. They all celebrate, hands up in the air.

Mid Life: The Skin We’re In on tour with WOFFF

We have partnered up with Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) this year, by contributing to their 2022 line up with our short film Mid Life: The Skin We’re…
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14/06/2022
A group of women in bathing suits hug and leap at the water's edge. They are on a Swanage beach on a bright sunny day.

SW!M

Diverse City, in collaboration with The Mowlem Theatre in Swanage, were proud to present SW!M, a live event that took place on Midsummer’s Day. Inspired by the open conversations…
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06/12/2021
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National Lottery supports Connecting Communities through Diverse Leadership

Diverse City is happy to say that last month The National Lottery agreed a £197,397 grant for our 3 year, national Connecting Communities programme: “We are delighted to build…
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24/11/2021

Culture Recovery Fund Announcement

We are delighted to announce that we will be benefitting from the third round of the Culture Recovery Fund. We will receive £69,940 on behalf of Extraordinary Bodies. This…
08/09/2021
Black background. A photo of a woman and a man swinging in the air like a pendulum, looking powerful and graceful. They share a wheelchair which is held up in the air by black circus straps. She has frizzy brown hair, muscular arms and wears a grey tank top She is kneeling on his thighs and one of her arms holds the straps above her head while the other points down towards the floor. He has a neatly trimmed brown beard, muscular arms and wears a black tank top. He holds the straps to the sides of his chest with both hands. The image captures them at the highest point of the swing, to our right, bringing the man to an upside- down position with the woman above him. Their bodies are doing something hard, but their strength makes it look effortless. One word written in white, thick, brush-style letters above the photo: 'Human'.

The View From Here – a return to live performance

Written by Claire Hodgson Co-Artistic Director of Diverse City and Extraordinary Bodies  We are about to premiere a new circus show called Human and I have never felt so human. This past…
13/07/2021
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Freedom day: freedom or folly?

The planned re-opening on July 19th, or ‘Freedom Day’, shows a blatant disregard for the efforts made by so many to ensure an inclusive recovery. The government’s plan to…
07/07/2021
Four women standing in line. On the left, a black woman with a Pride rainbow flag on her shoulder smiles, she is looking at the two in the middle who are hugging. One of them wears a black Diverse City t-shirt and has grey curly hair and the other wears a pink one piece and has black skin. The fourth woman on the right looks in front of her with a proud and determined smile.

Mid Life Meets the Next Generation

The team who brought you Mid Life and Mid Life: The Skin We’re In are back again to complete a triptych of explorations into the female experience.   We…
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15/06/2021

Women Leaders South West: Meet Vandna

Women make up around 70% of arts audiences and 70% of the arts workforce, but only about 30% of arts leadership (Elizabeth Freestone and The Guardian). This sort of…
01/06/2021
Close up photo of a puppet being held by performers. It shows a young woman with blonde hair, an orange top and sea shells and blue and yellow fish scales on her face.

Global Day of Parents: how we support parents and carers in our workforce

Today is Global Day of Parents. Over the past year, reduced childcare has made it deeply challenging to be a working parent. Supporting those who care for children and…

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