Attenborough Arts Centre: Recent Episodes
Attenborough Arts Centre
The Attenborough Arts Centre is the University of Leicester’s multi-use inclusive arts centre, with a history of promotion and encouragement of engagement in the arts by people with disabilities. Open to all, its award-winning building houses a 120-seater performance area, three studios, and an exhibition gallery. It has a diverse programme of performance and learning activity throughout the year, covering a wide range of art forms, primarily classical music, jazz, dance, comedy, theatre, live art, children’s theatre, spoken word and visual arts. It is located 10 minutes’ walk from the city centre on Lancaster Road, at the edge of the main University of Leicester campus.
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This week we speak to Nigel Lovell, creative force behind the award winning Extraordinary Time Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen, about his run with AAC during the Leicester Comedy Festival and the importance of immersing children in theatre.
You can see more of the Baron at their Youtube page here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCI_rot-7X_4k4nUKaul-77w
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We're back! To mark the return of Leicester Art Week (Nov 20-29), we have a special edition of the podcast, an interview with artist Kelly Richardson and members of our NGC team!
You can find out more about Kelly here: https://kellyrichardson.net/
This week we speak with mutli-disciplinarian artist Christopher Samuel. Talking about his exhibition's in America, the work and support he's received from the Attenborough Arts Centre, and what the future holds.
https://www.christophersamuel.co.uk/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50670333
Episode 7, the Technical Difficulties special!
This week, on literally the hottest day of the year, I sat down for a chat with Charlotte Collins and Ryan Boultbee, the two emerging being No Jobs in the Arts, a new East Midlands artzine supporting new and emerging artists.
You can follow their instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nojobsinthearts/
Visit the website here: https://www2.le.ac.uk/hosted/attenborougharts/Gallery%20/destress-fest
This week, we speak with Leicester based visual artist Loz Atkinson about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only how she produces her work, but also her career.
This week we spoke to Tim Neath, Leicester based artist working in cardboard to produce stunning sci-fi worlds.
https://timneath.wordpress.com/
This week, we speak with Bob Christer, executive producer of 1448UK about how they've turned their punk rock theatre festival digital.
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1 Ish We speak to theatre maker, poet and writer Georgie Jones about her new show, Ish, which premiered at the Attenborough Arts Centre in January, about the support we gave her during the creative process.
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