WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
TUESDAYS
Looping the Loop Youth Theatre
Tuesdays (during term time)
Juniors (7-11 years) • 5pm - 6.10pm
Seniors (11-18 years) • 6.30pm - 8pm
Thanet Youth Theatre with Looping the Loop - A space where young voices find their strength. Through fun exercises, games and performances, each young person discovers their unique spark. We give particular care to neurodivergent young people and we understand their diversity. Juniors 7-11yrs: 5pm - 6.10pm. Seniors 11-18yrs: 6.30 - 8pm.
WEDNESDAYS
Open Dance Practice
Wednesdays • 9.30am - 10.30am
Causal dances. Shy dances. Curious dances. Small dances. Profound dances. Boring dances. Right here dances . All in dances. An hour of dancing, moving, grooving, stretching, reflecting, laying down, and doing your own thing, to music. 📍@arkcliftonville 💵 £10/£6/£paywhatucan ✉️ Contact @jodiecolemoves Open Practice is inspired by Wainsgate Dances. Adult self-led movement. Do your own thing in the company of others, with a playlist of eclectic tunes. “The fear of being a bad dancer stops many of us from dancing. The day-to-day art of moving to music is not about quantifiable excellence; it's about coming as you are and contributing to the dancefloor. So if you ever worry about being a useless dancer - don't. We bring what we have, and we have to start somewhere. If you're dancing, you're a dancer". Emma Warren, Dance Your Way Home
or bring cash
SUNDAYS
ALSO AT ARK...
Song in a Day
Saturday 18 April • 10am - 1pm
A friendly one-day singing workshop learning Blackbird in three-part harmony. No pressure, no experience needed. Sing your heart out and discover the joy of harmony! Join us for a fun, no-pressure singing workshop at ARK – Cliftonville Cultural Space, where we’ll learn Blackbird in beautiful three-part harmony - all in just one day! Led by Hughie Gavin and Steph Dickinson, this uplifting workshop is open to everyone - whether you’ve sung in choirs before or only ever in the shower. Together, we’ll break the song down into simple, accessible parts, building confidence, connection, and joy as we go. By the end of the day, we’ll perform it together as a group, leaving you inspired, energised, and buzzing from the experience. No long-term commitment, no pressure - just a welcoming space to explore your voice, meet others, and experience the joy of singing together.
Palestinian Sound Archive
Saturday 2 May • 2pm - 4pm
Palestinian Sound Archive is a celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine 1960s – 1990s. It is part of Majazz Project, a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by actor, director and filmmaker Mo’min Swaitat in 2020. Over several years, Swaitat amassed an extensive archive of cassettes, reel and vinyl records from Palestine and beyond, spanning everything from field recordings of Bedouin weddings to revolutionary albums from the First and Second Intifadas, instrumental tracks, poetry, soul, folk songs and jazz. This event explores archival practice as a decolonial methodology and act of resistance, through sharing archival sounds and images that preserve and document Palestinian heritage, culture and resistance. This listening session features sounds from the Majazz Project, Palestinian Sound Archive and friends. This event is part of Towards the Edges, Open School East's Public Programme 2026
Sophie Mak Schram
Saturday 16 May • 2pm - 4pm
This workshop explores listening as a critical and performative practice through Tina Campt’s Listening to Images (2017). Using lecture par arpentage—a reading method developed in workers’ circles for collective education—we will approach the text collaboratively, fragmenting and sharing its ideas through group discussion and vocal interpretation. Drawing on this shared reading, we will then work together to create a recorded sonic lecture, experimenting with voice, sound, and collective listening. This event is part of Towards the Edges, Open School East's Public Programme 2026.
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