Activate Performing Arts
Dorchester, Dorset
7 - 9 The Little Keep, the Barracks, Bridport Road, Dorchester., DT1 1SQ
Tel: 01305 260954
Activate present extraordinary outdoor performance and make inspirational, high quality arts events happen in both indoor and outdoor venues across the region. We hope to inspire young and old to make and be part of, extraordinary, transformational arts.
Inside Out Dorset 2016
16 – 25 September
Expect an unusual celebration of the autumn equinox, a sleepover with the RSPB and dazzling pyrotechnics at nightfall, as Inside Out Dorset, the biennial festival of FREE large-scale outdoor art and performance returns.
Various venues across Dorset – see insideoutdorset.co.uk for details.
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