Our Place, a series of free community arts events, comes to Hangleton and East Brighton over two weekends during the Brighton Festival.
PUT together by and for the local communities of East Brighton and Hangleton, Our Place offers a selection of theatre, live music, dance, art, games, workshops and family entertainment in East Brighton on Saturday, May 18 from 11am and in Hangleton on Saturday, May 25 from 10am.
Nicole Monney, community worker from the Hangleton & Knoll Project, said: “The Our Place steering committee is made up of local residents and organisations, from a diverse range of backgrounds, experience and skills.
“We want there to be opportunities in our community that everyone can enjoy, and where cost and location isn’t a barrier. This is the third year we’ve been involved, we learn something new every time and have seen it getting bigger and better. We really hope that residents and visitors discover something they’ll really enjoy!”
Back in 2017, Brighton Festival Guest Director Kate Tempest initiated Your Place, a project with the aim of taking the Festival to the communities of Brighton & Hove who might not be able to participate in cultural and artistic events.
After two successful years, Your Place has changed to Our Place in recognition of the growing partnership of residents from Hangleton & Knoll Project and Due East with support from Brighton People’s Theatre.
Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, added: “Bringing Brighton Festival together each year is a great privilege but it’s vital that the Festival continues to reflect and involve the whole city.
“One of the key things about Our Place is that the communities have been really engaged in planning and managing the project and it felt really important to be able to build on this work and the relationships we have developed again this year. Our hope is that this project will continue to grow and become something that everyone looks forward to each year.”
Our Place East Brighton: Saturday, May 18 from 11am at Manor Gym, BN2 5EA, free entry.
Our Place Hangleton: Saturday, May 25 from 10am at Hangleton Community Centre, BN3 8 BW, free entry.
For the list of Our Place events, click here:
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