Clients

The Council gives annual grant support to the following core clients from the arts strategy budget which is managed by the Arts Unit.

The Barbican Theatre

The Barbican Theatre has been producing high quality theatre for over 25 years and currently delivers an integrated programme of promoted work for new and emerging companies, theatre in education touring and extensive open access arts education including youth theatre, contemporary dance, new writing and trapeze. Telephone: 01752 267131 or visit the Barbican Theatre website.

Plymouth Arts Centre

Plymouth Arts Centre is a renowned centre for contemporary visual arts and independent film. It is fast becoming a leader in the field of new media presentation, as well as providing a vibrant and hugely popular social and cultural meeting place. Plymouth Arts Centre is the focus and stimulus for an expanding and successful regional, cultural and creative industry sector. Currently, Plymouth Arts Centre has three galleries, a cinema, artist studio, education and multi purpose studio space, and a hugely popular Vegetarian Cafe that was a Vegetarian Society Award 2005 nominee. Telephone: 01752 206114 or visit the Plymouth Arts Centre website.

The Soundhouse

The Soundhouse is one of the most successful community music organisations in the country, a unique collaboration involving mainstream education, youth arts, disability music initiatives, the commercial music sector and the wider community. The project involves over 300 people each week in a variety of workshops, including Europe's top youth steel bands Real Steel, Soundhouse Brass, junk-percussion band, Weapons of Sound, African drumming groups, vocal ensembles and the youth break dancing group, Beatbreakers.Telephone: 01752 207881 or visit the Soundhouse website.

Plymouth Music Collective

Plymouth Music Collective is the new name for Plymouth Musicians' Co-operative which for the last 18 years has run rehearsal rooms, event management, free music industry advice, an affordable professional recording studio live promotion, stage hire, and provided periodic music showcases for the best local talent. Plymouth Music Collective is also at the heart of Plymouth's new Music Industry Group. Telephone: 01752 225884 or visit the Plymouth Music Collective website.

The Barefoot Project

The Barefoot Project is Plymouth's Arts Education Partnership Agency. Its job is to link the worlds of art and education. Since 1999 Barefoot has been working with schools, communities, artists and arts organisations in the city to give young (and not so young) people more opportunities to develop their creativity. Barefoot provides information, advice, brokerage between artists and schools and training, as well as instigation and management of a number of creative projects. It also offers assistance to schools making applications to Artsmark. Telephone: 01752 636700 ext.2389/5654 or visit the Barefoot Project website.

Attik Dance

Attik Dance is a vibrant and vital contemporary dance company, the only one of its kind in the South West. It creates new work in collaboration with dancers, musicians, composers, directors and filmmakers of the highest calibre and tours this work nationally. The Company specialises in communicating through dance and sharing its creative process, and each tour is supported by activities such as workshops in schools or lecture demonstrations. Telephone: 01752 252510 or visit the Attik Dance website.

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