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a three-year project supporting communities in Buckinghamshire to commission and present live performance

Our ambition is to support communities in Buckinghamshire to develop the confidence, experience and networks to bring live performance to venues across the county.

We’ve supported the presentation of live performance in non-theatre spaces from village halls to festivals. With Buckinghamshire Libraries we presented a sell-out tour of The Goose Who Flew by Half Moon Theatre, and The Anarchist’s Mobile Library by Tessa Bide Productions, an interactive online story.

We've also been supporting local artists through advice on projects and funding applications. You can find out about the projects we've commissioned so far below.

This project is generously supported by the Rothschild Foundation. You can read more about the impact of this work and a case study of a project at Amersham Library here.

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“I have lived in Amersham for so long and don’t recall there ever being a creative project that people could participate in, as a community. I am really pleased you are doing this.”

Sri-Kartini Leet, photographer – Amersham Roots

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Amersham Roots: Locating Memory, Place and Meaning in a Buckinghamshire town

We are delighted to announce that Sri-Kartini Leet has been appointed as commissioned artist for Amersham Museum, as part of a three-year partnership between Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Farnham Maltings, funded by the Rothschild Foundation.

A angular drawing of a man with dark hair and a moustache.

Soap and Porridge (on tour)

By Tom Cross
in collaboration with Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Buckinghamshire Council

From October 2019 to March 2020, Tom worked at Aylesbury Library with writer Aoife Mannix, creating work inspired by memories. During lockdown the conversation moved online and each of the pieces was presented as a mini-animation on Twitter. Following the reopening of libraries across the county, the exhibition will tour seven libraries across Buckinghamshire.

Lasana Shabazz sits on the floor of the library wearing a dress and reading a book

I Am Wycombe

By Lasana Shabazz
in collaboration with Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Buckinghamshire Council

Between November 2020 and May 2021, Lasana is working with staff, volunteers and communities in High Wycombe and Micklefield Libraries. The project will be shaped by its participants.

A young woman sits outside by a tree writing into a journal

Introducing the Buckinghamshire Libraries’ Poets in Residence

Three poets have been appointed to spend time in three Buckinghamshire Libraries during April and May. Aoife Mannix will be working in Wendover, Desree in Burnham and Simon Mole in Hazlemere.

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