CULTURE CLUB
Both Cambridge Arts Theatre and Cambridge Junction have received a second instalment from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, securing the venues’ futures and ensuring they can reopen safely and imminently as restrictions ease. Cambridge Arts Theatre chief executive, Dave Murphy, said: “It has been a difficult year for the industry, but this vital grant will enable us to lift the curtain and launch our summer 2021 season. We are working very hard to bring the theatregoers of Cambridgeshire a fantastic, varied and entertaining season – and cannot wait to welcome audiences back to our theatre once again.” FUNDING FOR CAMBRIDGE THEATRES
Cambridge Junction artistic director, Matt Burman, said:
“Everyone at Cambridge Junction is relieved and grateful for the funding we will receive from the Culture Recovery Fund. We have continued to work with independent artists and inspiring young people and engage with our audiences through the last year, and are looking forward to progressing exciting plans to connect with communities, restart live programmes and support the making of new projects, as we emerge from lockdown restrictions over the coming months.”
HATCH VIRTUAL ART SPACE LAUNCHES Are you a local artist fed up with working on your own? Check out Hatch Club, a free, online ‘studio’ founded by Gabby Gilmore and Ellie Breeze. Members get weekly check- ins, drop-in videos for ‘water-cooler moments’, and chats to share advice, opportunities, questions, ideas and critiques. You can also suggest other ways of using the space, making it dynamic and ever-evolving. “It felt important to keep this local. People are feeling overwhelmed by the digital at the moment, so this is focused on networks that are already in Cambridge,” explains Gabby. “The hope is that we’ll build a network of artists looking for a physical space to work in, and that Hatch Club will be able to provide
it for them when it’s safe to do so.” hatchcluborg.wordpress.com
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