Let's change the arts
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…
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
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
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….
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…
17/06/2022
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…
14/06/2022
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…
06/12/2021
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…
24/11/2021
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
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
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…
24/08/2020
“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
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
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
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
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…
05/10/2019
We are proud to announce the launch of Circus for Everybody – A Trainer’s Toolkit! This new guide, created in partnership with Extraordinary Bodies, Circomedia, Cirque Bijou, Graeae and…
[sp_wpcarousel id=”2745″] We are still buzzing from not the one but the two Mid Life work in progress performances we delivered this month! Following a successful Ferment Fortnight show…
03/09/2019
75% of Dorset trustees are male, white and over 50 years Current boards are not representative of the population. Diverse City is delivering training as part ofThe Arts Development…