The Customs House - Creative Engagement

Creating with young people & our community, from @thecustomshouse & throughout South Tyneside. We make new work & develop new talent

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

A huge congratulations to @Berrimandawson winning Writer of The Year at the #NECultureAwards for her brilliant work on A Class Feeling - This is Makina

We're so proud of Christina and the work she did to help bring the mighty Makina to our stage.

@thecustomshouse

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Our finalists of the Writer of the Year are:

● Alison Stanley @alisonstanley
● Christina Berriman Dawson @Berrimandawson
● Elijah Young @LiveTheatre

And the winner is… Christina Berriman Dawson

#NECultureAwards

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

Your piece could be written entirely from scratch or an excerpt from something you've already been working on - we'd love to hear from you!

Deadline for submissions, 9/09/2024 at 12pm

For more information on script criteria - head to our Creatives Page:
https://t.co/3PgbYzSFEY

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

PLAY 4 is our annual evening of new writing where five writers will have 15 minutes of their script performed as part of a rehearsed reading in our Studio Theatre.

This year we're looking for pieces that make us care about people, past and present from the North East...

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

We would love to hear from those female identifying who are currently playing or have played football in the past, to join Only The Beginning... writer Susan Mulholland to share your stories and experiences of the game!

To register your interest https://t.co/t8AmN8d3Ce

[The Customs House @thecustomshouse]

A Class Feeling - This is Makina
Set in South Shields, A Class Feeling follows local lad and wannabe MC Justin as he navigates his grief and friendships, set against the backdrop of the raw energy of Makina. Justin’s looking for answers; Makina is the key! https://t.co/QrLYK4ZCBW

[The Customs House @thecustomshouse]

🌵Actor Call Out - Dennis's Cowboy Capers
🤠 We're looking for three actors to join our cast for our upcoming Summer show, 'Dennis's Cowboy Capers', running from 9th - 11th August. Click here to find out more: https://t.co/8EIHK63kIp

#opencallout #thecustomshouse

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Do you know your Heathers from your Hamilton? Your wicked from your West Side Story?

Assemble your pub quiz team for our Musical Theatre Quiz in Bella's on the 29th - £50 cash prize!

[Arts Council England, North @ace_thenorth]

We’re announcing £6.6 million @DCMS funding from our Capital Investment Programme to 19 organisations in the North.

This investment will help secure the creative future of towns, villages and communities across the North.

📷 The Customs House © Benjamin Michael Smith

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

We are very excited for this year's Takeover, we think it's going to be a great one!

[chloeandliamtft @chloeandliam24t]

The Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust are sponsoring this year’s Takeover at The Customs House Creative Engagement at The Customs House. This is the itinerary for the five days 🩷🩵

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this year's Takeover Festival would not be possible without the generous support from the Chloe and Liam Together Forever Trust!

@chloeandliam24t

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

Our full Takeover Festival 2024 event line up is now live!

Always such an important week in our calendar, The Takeover Festival offers a jam packed range of events and activities to get involved with over the May half-term!

To find out the full line up https://t.co/5waZv19Swn

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Aiden is taking on his first directing role with “DEMONS”. He is excited about this new opportunity to develop his skills in a different facet of theatre and work with talented young actors from across the North East.

Keep an eye out next week for our cast announcement…

🧙‍♂️🐉🎲

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

With a script as exciting as DEMONS, we needed a director to match…

Introducing the superb Aiden Nord!

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Auditions are now open for DEMONS by Jonathan Iceton!

We are looking for 5 young actors, aged 17-25 to bring Jonathan’s D&D playing characters to life 🎲🐉

Head to our Creatives Page to find out more about criteria and how to apply - https://t.co/3PgbYzSFEY

@chloeandliam24t

[jonathan @jonny_iceton]

The 10 years of playing D&D have paid off and become a play. Keemon down!

[The Customs House - Creative Engagement @CustomsHouseLP]

Introducing our Takeover Young Writer in Residence for 2024...

Jonathan Iceton and his play DEMONS

We're super excited about this one 🐉🎲⚔️

@jonny_iceton
@chloeandliam24t

https://t.co/oNUZ1NjXTP

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https://t.co/Xs1lQJLw7H

Thanks to the fab poets who submitted, and our judges: Tahmina Ali, Tom Kelly, Donald Jenkins and Amy Langdown!

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The Terry Kelly Poetry Prize 2023 Anthology is here! 🥳

Congratulations to our winning poets:

✨ Terri Brooks
✨ Charlotte Dougal
✨ Ilisha Thiru Purcell

And our runners-up:

✨ Isabella Davison
✨ Gabrielle Morgan
✨ Michael Athey

Click the link below to read:

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Scripts have been coming in thick and fast for our Young Writer In Residency 2024!

If you're 25 and under with a story to tell of the North East, we'd love to hear from you.

Deadline for applications is 27th March at 12pm!

https://t.co/SnqRjIEjNI