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15/11/2024
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A Game Changing Journey

Celebrating 30 years of the National Lottery: A Game- Changing Journey A BIG thank you to The National Lottery players! Your support has meant Diverse City has connected more people, in…
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07/11/2024
#DanceThroughMidLife A diverse group of women in their mid life dance. They throw their arms up, smiling - disco lights colour the image.

#DanceThroughMidLife

Join the rebellion and #DanceThroughMidLife!   Our 2025 production, Mid Life, ends in a dance party! Please join us for a boogie on stage or on screen. Here’s How Watch…
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22/10/2024
Three women in their mid life stand in front of a brick wall. On the left is Jacqui, a black woman with long brown braids, some of which are swept back and pinned with a red flower. In the centre is Claire, a white woman with short fair hair. The pieces around her face are bleached platinum, and she's wearing a sequinned jumpsuit. She beams at the camera. On the right is Karen, a white woman with curly grey hair. She wears a pride t-shirt under a black leather jacket, and is looking at Claire with disbelief.

Mid Life

Hold tight… there’s a change coming. Vivid, rebellious and joyful – Mid Life is a frank, comedic exposé of menopausal Mid Life. Join us as we laugh, roar and…
30/07/2024
The four dancers stand in a terraced garden on a sunny day with a grand, Victorian building in the background. On the left, on the top tier of the terracing, is Johnny who sits in his wheelchair. Next is Beatrice, who uses crutches to stand. On the next level down is Tilly. On the lowest tier, closest to the camera, is Chris. All four gaze off camera to the left. They all look strong and purposeful.

Earth, Wheels, Air

Earth, Wheels, Air is a creative collaboration between the UK’s first integrated circus company, Extraordinary Bodies, and Kenya’s leading inclusive contemporary dance company, Pamoja Dance. Together, they are creating…
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09/12/2023
An illustration of circle of people, with many different skin tone, swimming in a grey-blue sea. They hold hands in a circle. SW!M75 is in large letters in the centre of their circle.

SW!M75

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…
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09/11/2023
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Join our Board of Trustees!

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…
21/07/2023
Camp Bestival logo for the 2023 Lulworth Castle Dorset festival, taking place 27-30th July 2023. A khaki background with bright yellow and pink logo. The background is full of bright cartoon images of rainbows, hot air balloons, a robot and in pink letters "All you need is LOVE"

Bestival 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…
19/01/2023
A white woman in her fifties beams. She is swimming in the sea at Swanage Bay which is visible behind her. The sun is shining.

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….
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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…
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…
13/07/2021
"#WeShallNotBeRemoved" written in bold capital letters on a purple background.

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…
30/04/2021
Mid Life: The Skin We're In Karen Spicer, a petite woman with curly grey hair, holds two ripe tomatoes up in front of her chest, as she stands in her allotment.

Mid Life: The Skin We’re In

Following the enormous success of Mid Life as Diverse City entered 2020, we were already thinking of ways that we could continue exploring that world. When 2020 turned everything…
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24/08/2020

“This Town Of Ours” – Out Next Week

“This Town Of Ours” by Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists Since the beginning of lockdown, our young artists have been creating new digital work around their show “Till We Win”. They have been working…
18/03/2020
GIF of a person playing guitar and copy on top reading "Creative Isolation".

Diverse City’s Covid-19 Statement

Following Government advice, here is Diverse City’s Covid-19 statement. We have temporarily postponed projects and productions involving direct contact. Here is our plan of action: Right now, we are:…
16/01/2020

Diverse City 2020 Announcements

Thank you for twirling into the big, new decade with Diverse City. There’s a change coming, be a part of it. Take a look at some 2020 announcements which…
28/11/2019
Black and white infographic that reads: "Culture Declares Climate Ecological Emergency" with a drawing of a bird.

Diverse City Declares Climate Emergency

Last month, Watershed, Bristol Old Vic and Colston Hall declared climate emergency. Diverse City joined the movement earlier this year too by joining Culture Declares Emergency. This month, we created a Diverse City…
14/10/2019
Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists perform Till We Win at Lighthouse Poole - close up of Josh Ward, Natalya Howard and Rachel Orum performing centre stage.

EBYA Take Over The BIC in Bournemouth

Our youth company Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists are bringing their brand new production ‘Til We Win to The BIC on Tuesday October 15! The youth company are performing as…

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