Lincoln Arts Centre Puts Hope and Joy Centre-Stage with New Season of Events

The Lincoln Arts Centre’s Autumn 2024 programme promotes hope and joy through a variety of activities, performances, workshops, and exhibitions available across the city.

Ben Anderson, Creative Director at Lincoln Arts Centre, said: “It is increasingly a radical act to have relentless belief, faith, hope, and optimism. We hope that our latest season provides a good dollop of joy and explores hope in all its guises.”

As a home for new artists and new artistic ideas, the Centre is packed with opportunities to see new work with 15 brand new supported, produced, or commissioned pieces, in addition two touring adaptations, and two supported festivals in which Lincoln Arts Centre acts as the hub. Don’t forget to get inspired by Demo (26 Sept & 22 Nov): two new-work-in-progress nights.

A highlight this Autumn is an event series by Lincolnshire born resident artist Georgie Jones. Georgie will present an original spoken word performance: How to Stay Hopeful (17 Oct) featuring her signature warmth and wit in a tale of unexpected friendships. You will be able to explore a vibrant tapestry of hopes in free exhibition The Calendar of Hopeful Things (24 Oct – 31 Oct) or take part in a workshop series Writing Hope (various dates).

The Arts Centre has also commissioned acclaimed site-specific theatre company Dante or Die to make Inside Odds On (Oct) which is an immersive city centre exhibition that plunges you into the world of online gambling. The exhibition tackles topics that hold national relevance while speaking to the particularly high gambling rates across Lincolnshire.

In October, the Brayford campus will be animated with a bouncy electronic soundtrack and spontaneous choreographic games, facilitated by highly skilled performers from Associate Artists, Casson and Friends in ARCADE (10 Oct).

A departure from the new will take us to a classic tale told in a quirky and joy-filled way with Sh!t-faced Shakespeare’s re-telling of A Midsummers Night Dream (24 Oct). Then in Bar at The Edge of Time (31 Oct– 1 Nov), maestro mixologists, crooners, and hosts await the audience as they join Frozen Light in a new sensory spectacular for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

In November families will find out if there is ever Room On The Broom (14-15 Nov) for everyone, in the stage adaptation of the classic tale by Julia Donaldson. The show was described as “a perfect introduction to the theatre” by the Sunday Express and received 5 stars from Families Magazine for its brilliant puppets and catchy songs.

Families can also experience a Lincoln science lecture specially designed to spark children’s curiosity. Science: Live on Stage (28-29 Nov) will take a trip around the brain led by Dr Kay Ritchie, Associate Professor in the Lincoln School of Psychology.

In December, The Snow Queen (12 – 21 Dec) offers an affordable Christmas treat. Students from Lincoln School of Creative Arts help the audience to discover how friendship can save them from a fantastical frosty tale of eternal winter.

Lincoln Arts Centre also continues to be a place where knowledge is shared. This season the team will host conferences on technology, sustainability and social prescribing; and Navigating the Storm (22 Nov), an event to equip creative practitioners and organisations with the skills and expertise to better bring the joy of LGBTQ+ inclusive work to audiences.

Finally, the Arts Centre will be supporting Lincoln Book Festival (26-29 Sept) as the festival hub and lead partner, in addition to bringing TedxBrayford Pool (2-3 Nov) to Lincoln Arts Centre this season.

Visit lincolnartscentre.com to book your tickets and begin planning your trip now.