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A visit to Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival

Jacksons Lane’s artistic director, Adrian Berry, headed to Canada this summer to attend the MontrĂ©al Complètement Cirque Festival. We asked him to write a little something about the experience.

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A visit to Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival

Jacksons Lane’s artistic director, Adrian Berry, headed to Canada this summer to attend the MontrĂ©al Complètement Cirque Festival. We asked him to write a little something about the experience.

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A drag performer wearing a purple dress and a ginger bob wig is singing to the guests who are all dancing

Loneliness Week: What do we have to offer?

This week is Loneliness Awareness Week, a campaign to raise awareness of loneliness and bring older adults together across the UK.

“Did you know that half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all?” – Age UK

At Jacksons Lane, we understand the value of bringing a community together to talk, to read, to dance, the small things we take for granted are always better together. Our Community & Volunteers Manager and Creative Engagement Assistant, Joanna and Maxime are sharing more about what we do at Jacksons Lane, as well as the upcoming programme with Haringey Circle and Public Voice.  

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Composing for Circus: Joe W Edwards in collaboration with Brainfools

Brainfools are working on a new show called Lift Up, one of our very own technicians, Joe W Edwards, has been collaborating as a composer on the show. We asked Joe to tell us more about the creative process!

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Zaki dimly lit onstage holding a hoop circled around him

Introducing Zaki Musa: Our New Associate Artist

Meet Zaki Musa, our new associate artist!

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Archived sketch of the Jacksons Lane building, previously the New Wesleyan Methodist Church

The Bruce Castle Museum Archives

Two members of the Creative Engagement team visited the Bruce Castle Museum, though technically not a castle, this 16thcentury former manor house in Tottenham holds an ever-expanding collection of the local history of Haringey, which fortunately for us, holds the story of Jacksons Lane since 1905, when it was first built as a Methodist church.  

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Happy World Circus Day!

Happy World Circus Day! As the UK’s leading supporters of contemporary circus, we’ve been very busy! Here are some top highlights from the past year!

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Residency diary from BrainFools

Jacksons Lane Associate Artists BrainFools spent a week in our theatre to work on their newest project, Lift UP. We asked Toffy, one of the co-founders of BrainFools, to keep a diary. Here’s a little behind-the-scenes view on what the…

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Designing a sustainable show

Our aim was to create the set and costume sustainably, using the cradle to cradle design philosophy, which is the material provenance and its reuse afterwards.

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Sponsor a child to see our Christmas show

Christmas has always been an important moment in the Jacksons Lane calendar, a time where we connect with thousands of people across our local communities through holiday projects, our community Christmas Day event and of course our Christmas family show. …

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Hit the Jack Pot

Have you noticed how common the name Jack is in fairy tales? Jack and Jill. Jack the Giant Killer. Little Jack Horner. This will be no surprise to anyone who’s seen the Autumn season at Jacksons Lane this year, as…

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Image split into three sections, showing in turn Chusi Amoros, Rosie Rowlands, and members of the company Brain Fools

Three new associate artists for Jacksons Lane

As we conclude our first artistic season since fully reopening, we look forward to a bright new future here at Jacksons Lane, with the announcement of three new Associate Artists. “Now that we have re-opened with our gorgeous redevelopment and…

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Jacksons Lane announces new Executive Director/Joint CEO

Jacksons Lane is bidding a sad farewell to our Executive Director/Joint CEO Monique Deletant. Monique joined Jacksons Lane in 2019 and has led a ÂŁ4.5 million capital project which has transformed the building into a fully accessible, welcoming space. Monique…

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