Spare Tyre

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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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  Safe Director’s Blog 5: Another Aside

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 13, 2017

  13 March 2017

  SAFE - The daily mindboggling thoughts of a director…No-one was hurt in the writing of this daily blog, every health and safety precaution has been taken into consideration: but 'without risk what’s...

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 4. Day Two

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 13, 2017

  13 March 2017

  SAFE - The daily mindboggling thoughts of a director…

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 3. An Aside

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on March 06, 2017

  06 March 2017

  SAFE - The daily mindboggling thoughts of a director…No-one was hurt in the writing of this daily blog, every health and safety precaution has been taken into consideration: but 'without risk what’s...

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 2. Day One

  Posted by Artistic Director Arti Prashar on February 28, 2017

  28 February 2017

  SAFE - The daily mindboggling thoughts of a director…

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  Safe Director’s Blog: 1. Before the Beginning

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  27 February 2017

  SAFE - The daily mind-boggling thoughts of a director… No-one was hurt in the writing of this daily blog, every health and safety precaution has been taken into consideration: but 'without risk...

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  Tea and biscuits, delight and awe

  Arti Prashar, Artistic Director

  10 November 2016

  Here's the transcript of Arti's provocation, given to the Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations at their meeting on 9 November 2016.

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  Meet the Spare Tyre Band – Scope guest blog

  Amy Smith, General Manager

  24 August 2016

  General Manager Amy Smith started with us in May 2016 – here she is guest blogging for Scope about meeting the Spare Tyre Band.

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