Folkestone Performing Arts Company

Thank you to @ace_national for all of your support! Happy Birthday!!

Join us in celebrating the National Lottery’s 30th birthday and thanking National Lottery players🎉 Since the first Lotto draw in 1994, £49 billion has been raised for good causes🤞 And in the last five years alone, we’ve awarded funds to over 27,000 projects!

🖼️ ‘Mandela - Message from Robben Island’ Norman Kaplan, 1986 On display in ‘All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!’ #exhibition of #linoprint & political cartoons @UniofNewcastle ……… 🗓️ 22 - 31 Oct 🕰️ Mon-Fri 10-5 🎟️ Free 📍Ex Libris Gallery, King Edward VII Building #Newcastle

Former President Jimmy Carter is 100 years old today! Join us in honoring our visionary co-founder, America’s humanitarian-in-chief. No other U.S. president has lived so long or done so much good for so many after leaving office. bit.ly/3zFj0Pf

Starts in a Two Weeks! Folkestone Live is the town's first ever festival of theatre and comedy. For all of the shows details, go to folkestonelive.com. Come out and support this wonderful new experience.

Thank you very much, Anti-Apartheid Legacy @PentonStreetCML and the Joffe Trust for your kind support for my new play, The Rivonia Trial, a tribunal play as part of sa2024.org #sa30 at the @ParkTheatre. A staged reading premiered on Sunday night to a packed crowd.

@nedglasier If Ned recommends, then we’d love to have you apply @kwamiodoom… docs.google.com/document/d/13G… MatthewHahn.org.uk   And   franciscastangel.com

Talented human this one. Snap him up.

NEW: The Campaign for the Arts has partnered with the 'Give an X' campaign on an open letter from artists and creatives, urging everyone in the UK to use their vote. The deadline to register for upcoming local elections is this Tuesday 16 April at 23:59. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

#OnThisDay we remember #Sharpeville - honouring those targeted when police opened fire on crowd of Pan Africanist Congress supporters peacefully protesting #humanrights & against apartheid pass laws Not an isolated tragedy, in SA nor globally. And not confined to history 🧵 2/3

We’re back from our winter break & excited to team up with local artist @shanerecord who’ll be painting live on the Leas! Come and watch Shane’s painting come to life, and chat with us about all things green & environmental 💚 🗓️ 17 March ⏰ 12pm 📍Near the Leas Bandstand

FPAC is pleased to be working w other Folkestone creatives on a new fringe festival called Folkestone Live running 12 to 14 July 2024. Theatre, comedy & family shows will all be a part of it. For more details & to apply to be a performer: funnythingis.formaloo.me/wdzc87.

Our Theatre belongs to the countless souls who's stories we've dared to tell through our Art. Let's this victory reverberate a call to action, inspiring a world where human rights are not just defended but Celebrated.Congratulations to allThe nominees and winners @DefendersKE

We are delighted to reveal that the eagerly anticipated sixth edition of the internationally acclaimed Folkestone Triennial will take place in 2025. Creative Folkestone Triennial is one of the UK’s largest and most ambitious exhibitions of newly commissioned art. The 2025 edition will be curated by Sorcha Carey, Director of Collective, the contemporary art centre in Edinburgh. The exhibition will once again present an exhibition of artworks that aim to explore, challenge, and celebrate issues inspired by Folkestone and the wider world. We can also reveal that Folkestone Triennial 2025 will be the creative partner for Folkestone - A Brighter Future levelling-up project led by Folkestone & Hythe District Council. The £20 million project will improve connectivity and transport links in Folkestone with art and culture embedded throughout. Stay tuned for more information about Folkestone Triennial 2025 coming soon and visit our website for the full press release. creativefolkestone.org.uk/news/2023/11/c… ____ Flock of Seagulls Bag of Stolen Chips, Morag Myerscough. Creative Folkestone Triennial 2021. Photo: Matt Rowe #FolkestoneTriennial #Folkestone #CreativeQuarter #CreativeFolkestone #folkestoneharbourarm #folkestoneart #folkestonekent #folkestoneartists

Tomorrow we launch the programme officially...although if you were on our mailing list you'd have had it by now 😉 Tickets are already selling!

A fun (but v chilly) Folkestone Climate Carnival event at the Vegan Vibes market on Sunday with the brilliant print crew from @XRCanterbury - lots of upcycled T-shirts and some great chats with passers-by. Thanks to Restock Kent and The Vegan Habit for refuelling us💚

We’re back at the Vegan Vibes market this month, with another woodblock printing workshop hosted by @HenrySparks18 from @XRCanterbury - bring along a t-shirt or a tote bag and get printing! 🗓️ 15 October ⏰ 10.00 - 14.00 📍Guildhall Street, Folkestone

I saw one in the Sunflower House today!

There's not long to go until the latest instalment of Improbable 's @DandDUK! 'Who Needs Theatre?' is your chance to have your say, meet theatre makers from Folkestone and East Kent, and air the passions, irritations and grievances you have about your experience and wants for the theatre and the performing arts in our area. 📅 Sat 14 Oct, 10am 🎟️ Pay what you decide Booking and more information can be found here: creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/devot…