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Take On Me – Dante or Die’s 80s flashback in Hoo Sports Centre

TAKE ON ME , a show by theatre company Dante or Die, is set amongst the 1980s world of headbands and leg-warmers that digs below the surface of the luminous colours and fitness fads. Taking place after hours in your local leisure centre the audience are divided into small groups to be a fly on the […]

IMAGINATION SPACES…

A new free programme of creative arts and health in Brompton, Medway.
Join us on Wednesday afternoons for creative indoor and outdoor activities to help spark your imagination and boost your wellbeing.

ARTS AND HOMESLESSNESS FORUM

With the support of Arts and Homelessness International and following their successful forum model, Medway has started its own Arts and Homelessness Forum. Ideas Test has taken on the administrative role of coordinating the meetings.

INTERTIDAL ALLOTMENT

a long-term project by artist Andrew Merritt, creating a functional artwork and community allotment on the north coast of Sheppey.

THE LITTER SHOW LIVE!

Local eco artist Kieran Poole brings his Rubbish Snooker art to the Invicta Social Club in Chatham.

NATIONAL GALLERY ART ROAD TRIP

Celebrating 200 years of The National Gallery, The Art Road Trip is visiting 18 places across the UK. A mobile art

studio will bring free arts activities to the Isle of Sheppey.

LORDSWOOD DANCE DAY

Come and experience the magic of dance, whether you’re a seasoned dancer or a beginner looking to have fun.

DANTE OR DIE: KISS MARRY KILL

An electrifying and intimate story of forbidden love.

LUTON LIGHTS

Luton Lights explores local themes of mysticism, ancestry and hope.

REFRESH MEDWAY

As the regeneration of Medway continues, young people’s words have been unleashed to inspire a better tomorrow.

Make Waves – Creative Career Training Programme

Our Make Waves Creative Career Training Programme is for 18–25-year-olds in Medway who want to gain the skills, networks, and confidence to turn their ideas into reality and kickstart their creative career.

DISQUIET

📣 Calling all young musicians in Medway and Swale, aged 11-18!
DisQuiet is your gateway to creativity, new friendships, musical exploration and more.

Medway Light Nights 2022

Xtina Lamb from INTRA Arts and Chris Reed from Big Fish Arts designed and created lanterns themed around ‘Home, Belonging, Love and Respect’ with..

Lighting up the Parade in Chatham – Medway Light Nights 2023

Together with Cohesion Plus and Intra Arts, (and a few hundred children!), we’re excited to say that we’re launching the second Medway Light Nights with a Lantern Parade on Friday 10th February 2023… and this time we’ll be in Chatham. Medway school children will be parading through Chatham town centre with lanterns created by […]

Medway Fun Palace 2022: Hear the song Heart of Medway by Dani Osoba

Listen to Dani Osoba’s amazing song, Heart Of Medway – inspired by your contributions to our Medway Fun Palace stall. Behind the song On the first weekend of October, people come together across the country to take part in Fun Palaces, an annual celebration of culture at the heart of community, using arts, science, […]

Hidden Lands unveiled at Milton Creek Country Park

The Deputy Mayor of Swale unveiled three new sculpture benches at Milton Creek Country Park in Sittingbourne, as part of our Hidden Lands project, inspired by designs from the local community. Hidden Lands, a co-commissioned project from us and Creative Estuary, worked with a community panel to choose artist Patrick Walls to create […]

HIDDEN LANDS

In her final blog for us, former Ideas Test Director, Lucy Medhurst, explains the process behind our Milton Creek Co-Commission with Creative Estuary. The project will see artist Patrick Wall create sculptures in the park in summer 2022, with designs based on the stone carvings made by the local people at workshops in Milton Creek […]

Guest Blog: Working as an emerging producer on Medway Light Nights 2022 – Ashleigh Burr

In her second blog, Ashleigh Burr writes about working on the Medway Light Night’s festival that took place in and around Rochester on 11 & 12 February 2022. Ashleigh worked with us as part of Creative Estuary’s Estuary Emerging Producer Placements programme Some of the additional photos in this blog were taken by Raven, part […]

Medway Light Nights – Guest blog from producer Ashleigh Burr

In this blog, Producer Ashleigh Burr writes about the filming of We Are Medway, a film that will be projected onto the walls at Rochester War Memorial Garden on Rochester High Street on Friday 11 February and Saturday 12 February as part of the Medway Light Nights festival. Ashleigh is working with us on Medway […]

Make Waves and launch your creative career

We’re helping the next generation of event makers and creators in Medway with our new Make Waves creative career programme. Make Waves gives people in Medway aged 18 to 25 a foot in the door of the creative industries and help them start out on a career path like no other. The programme will develop […]