Spare Tyre

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  Off to Edinburgh!

  Rebecca Manson Jones

  16 August 2019

  “This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity. No need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how...

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  Why Nights at the Circus should be on your 'must-see' list for Edinburgh Fringe

  David Munns & Fauve Alice

  16 July 2019

  As we draw nearer to Edinburgh Fringe (now less than a month away!) we spoke to director Fauve Alice and performer David Munns about what makes Nights at the Circus such an un-missable show. 

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  Thinking Space Associate Artists Residency

  Caroline Jeyaratnam-Joyner, Associate Artist & Thinking Space Project Manager

  09 April 2019

  Our long-awaited Thinking Space artist residency took place on the last weekend of March as the clocks sprung forward and we’re all still buzzing. Fourteen Spare Tyre Associate Artists spent the...

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  How Are We Looking Now? Q&A with Clair Chapwell

  Clair Chapwell & Sarah Dormer

  15 March 2019

  In 1978 Clair Chapwell read Susie Orbach’s 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', a book that changed not just her life but the lives of  many other women. This she realised after posting an advertisement in...

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  The Moving Play - Q&A with Bush Theatre

  Holly Smith & Sarah Dormer

  11 February 2019

  In our role as Bush Theatre's Lead Artists for the Community Associate Company scheme for 2018 we collaborated with a group of learning disabled adults who are part of This New Ground collective to...

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  Favourite moments during my time as Artistic Director

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  28 January 2019

  It has been a privilege to be Spare Tyre’s Artistic Director and CEO, I have thoroughly enjoyed leading this company for the past 13 years. In 2019 I will step down.  

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  Highlights from 2018

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  21 November 2018

  What a year it has been! There have been many standout moments, but the greatest for me has been our cultural heritage project ST40, kindly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It has afforded us...

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  Final reflections of an Executive Director

  Lynette Shanbury, Executive Director

  03 July 2018

  Socially engaged participatory practice needs incredible skill and a long-term approach

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  ST40: Exploring the archive

  Judith Scott, Volunteer

  27 October 2017

  Recent Museum Studies graduate Judith Scott has been volunteering with us as we catalogue our archive for the ST40 project. She shares some of her discoveries here.

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  ST40: Cataloguing the Spare Tyre archive

  Posted by East 15 Placement David on August 16, 2017

  16 August 2017

  Second year Community Theatre and Acting student David Hughes has been with us on placement throughout the archiving process.

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  ST40: The Journey Begins!

  Posted by Sarah Dormer, Trainee Heritage Project Manager on June 05, 2017

  05 June 2017

  Today is my third day working as the Trainee Heritage Project Manager on the ST40 project; I’m delighted to join the hardworking and committed team here at Spare Tyre! In these few short days I’ve...

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 8. The Week After Show Week

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 27, 2017

  27 March 2017

  And what a week that was! Five sell out shows, a Q&A, a VIP event hosted by the gorgeous Pete Lawson who amazingly turned into a sell sell sell person and did a wonderful job on the sshhh silent...

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 7. Tech day

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 15, 2017

  15 March 2017

  It’s that moment when the jigsaw pieces slot into each other - d-day – when it all falls into place or I find a corner in the dark theatre, sit down, hold my head in my hands and try not to cry. The...

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 6. Day Three

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 14, 2017

  14 March 2017

  Well they all think I’m gonna block the show. Block is the right word. Cos in my eyes blocking does exactly that ‘block’ – every intuition, every instinct, every emotion. Do people still ‘block’...

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