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Dido's Bar Residency at Meidän Festivaali: Aeneas, Migration and Europe
Finland, here we come! We're very excited to be spending a week at Meidän Festivaali as their artists in residence, at the beautiful Lake Tuusulanjärvi later this month.
The Great Middlemarch Mystery: Community Workshops
Do you work with culturally and socially diverse communities in Coventry or the West Midlands? We’d love to invite your community group to be part of our 2022 immersive theatre experience,The Great Middlemarch Mystery.
Artistic Censorship under European Dictatorships
Mariana Sardo reflects on the Breaking Silence podcast series and looks into different examples of artistic censorship in Europe.
Aeneas, Migration and Europe: Research & Development Workshops
We're devising a theatre experience exploring migration to Europe and are looking for participants to play our ‘audience’ in a workshop at Rich Mix in East London.
Introducing podcast series Breaking Silence
Artistic Director Josephine Burton muses on the inspirations behind Dash Arts’ new four-part podcast series, Breaking Silence, exploring what it is to be silent and to be silenced.
2020: Our highlights
2020 was a completely different year to the one we all expected, but here at Dash we learned a lot, discovering new ways of connecting with our audiences and working with awe-inspiring artists from across the world.
Coronavirus update from Dash Arts
We are sad to announce that we are postponing our next event EUROPEANS: TADEUSZ KANTOR on Wednesday 25 March 2020 and cancelling EUROPEANS: FELIX DE ROOY on Wednesday 22 April 2020 due to COVID-19.
5 things you should know about Günter Grass
Find out more about the Nobel Prize winning author ahead of EUROPEANS: GÜNTER GRASS at Rich Mix on Weds 26 Feb, where we’ll be joined by Kneehigh Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble to discuss their productions of The Tin Drum.
Cove Park Residency in Scotland
Artistic Director Josephine Burton reflects on a week’s residency in the wild Scottish highlands, starting a journey towards a new Dash production.
5 things you didn't know about George Eliot
Whether you’re an Eliot fan or a newcomer to her work, we’ve compiled some lesser-known facts about this fascinating and iconic writer.
100 Dash Cafés: Thoughts from our Artistic Director
This month we mark our 100th Café in EUROPEANS: Dora Maar, Wednesday 29 January 2020, 7pm at Rich Mix London.
Artistic Director Josephine Burton reflects on the highlights and the role of the café for the future.
2019 at Dash Arts
It's been an incredible year at Dash Arts, with 12 Dash Cafés, 2 Residences at Latitude Festival and the Great Get Together, 7 gigs and 4 major productions in development.
Associate Producer Cristina Catalina in Brussels
In November 2019, Associate Producer Cristina Catalina was invited to Mestizo Arts Festival to share ideas, see work and explore ways in which we can all connect and champion diversity on the continent (even after Brexit…)
Founding Joint Artistic Director Tim Supple in China
Director Tim Supple was recently in China attending the Dalianshan International Theatre Festival in Sichuan, followed by RnD in Beijing for his production Dream of the Red Chamber.
Out of Tune: Nov 2019
This October saw my 8th or 9th visit to WOMEX – this time held in its apparently northernmost location in Tampere, Finland.
Revolutionary Futures: After Khlebnikov
January 2017: This month we returned to the great poet and writer Velimir Khlebnikov, this time with events in London.
Renegade Orchestra: 2016
Our work continues to build an ensemble of 11 extraordinary musicians and composers from across the Post Soviet States.
Renegade Orchestra: 2015
Commissioned by Brighton Festival we are assembling a creative team and new ensemble of classically trained artists from across the post Soviet States to create a new theatrical piece of music; part composed, part devised and part improvised.