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

The Hangout
Wednesdays (except 26 Nov) • 4pm - 6pm
The Hangout is Cliftonville’s new open-access youth club for ages 11–17. It’s a relaxed, creative space to try new things, share ideas, make friends, and enjoy free snacks and drinks! The club is led by Nova Marshall, who has over 10 years’ experience creating inclusive spaces for young people. Our trained, DBS-checked team is dedicated to keeping everyone safe and welcome. Want to join? Just turn up! A parent or carer will need to complete a short registration form on arrival.
Got questions? Get in touch with Nova:
THURSDAYS

Some Voices Choir Practice
Every Thursday • 7pm - 9.30pm
Some Voices is a contemporary choir that believes singing is for everyone! All voices are welcome - there are no auditions and it’s all about having fun together and creating a community of like-minded individuals. It doesn’t matter whether you have sung in a choir before and you don’t need to be able to read music. Participants learn original arrangements of a wide range of pop, indie, soul and disco music.
SATURDAYS

Yoga with Lily Hewitt
Every Saturday • 9am - 10am
Cleopatra Yoga is run by Lily Cleo, who is passionate about yoga for all bodies. Her classes are fun, friendly and inclusive, suitable for all levels. Weekend Flow will be a joyful hour of movement, breathwork, deep relaxation and resetting the body, ready for the weekend ahead. Lily runs workshops, events and weekly classes.
SUNDAYS
ALSO AT ARK...

Off Season
Friday 23 - Sunday 25 January
Adam Hogarth: "Battle Cat" The artwork exhibited in Battle Cat is an anthropological study of a fictitious community that hangs onto life 900 years after a global mass extinction. Set at Jarman’s Point (formally the coastline connecting Folkestone to Dungeness), to a backdrop of cataclysmic sea-level rises and a mass extinction of most animals, humanity has regressed to a new dark age. Within the work, Hogarth intertwines his own personal experiences with new religious movements that echo a naïve vision of the past, distorted by the disaster. These common tales of war, peace, death and love are tales than span aeons, from our collective past to our defunct future. SAT: 11:00 - 11:30 and 15:00 - 15:30 An artist talk by Adam Hogarth lasting 30 mins. Adam will discuss themes and ideas that run through the exhibition including the climate emergency, post-nuclear legacies, historiography and his own personal narratives. 12:00 - 15:00 Cliftonville Library Knitting Group Come grab a cup of tea and meet the Cliftonville Library Knitting Group on Saturday for top tips and advice on how to get into knitting. The group will also be selling some of their own knitwear are creative creations. SUN: 12:00 - 16:00 Soup Mother by Isobelle Boltt An interactive dining / performance art experience, participants will join in the creation, serving and eating of a communal soup. Drawing from folkloric and religious rites, the soup service will explore our relationship with food, and the role of the mother as material and spiritual provider. 11:00 - 15:00 Mask Making Workshop Artist Adam Hogarth will join a drop in workshop in which people are invited to make masks out of old junk and recyclable rubbish. Participants will be encouraged to return at the end of the day to participate in a masked ritual that will involve singing and dancing.




