Crying Out Loud

October shows and events near you - Crying Out Loud October is busy - read on to see where you can find our shows and events around the UK, Ireland and beyond.

October is busy! Read on to see where you can find our events around the UK and beyond.
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Find performances from Kundle Cru, Head Over Heels, Luke Brown Company, Sophia Clist, KingsleyNg and Stephanie Cheung.

with support from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

A Sea of Words for Portsmouth is a large-scale immersive experience by artists Kingsley Ng + Stephanie Cheung. Step into a sea of light, memory + hope:

🗓️ 18-26 October
⏰ select your preferred time slot
📍Boathouse 5, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
🎟️ bit.ly/ASOWtickets

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Our Autumn Newsletter is out, please read on to find out more on our upcoming activity as well as a review of our busy summer both in the Solent area and throughout the UK.

📣 bit.ly/4p3lvQa

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social #ACEfunded #LetsCreate #theatre #art #circus #performance #autumn

Upcoming - Crying Out Loud

📣 August here we go! 📣

Head to our Upcoming page to find out where you can see shows by our artists, join in masterclasses and workshops and also meet us in person🙂

All the info: cryingoutloud.org/upcoming/

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social #circus #art
#LetsCreate #ACEfunded #theatre #outdoorarts

Brilliant to be a part of this with you @storiesinthedust.bsky.social! Excited to see what happens next with this. 👏

Birds Can you see what’s boiling under the surface?   We are in the midst of huge global changes. Unarmed and unprepared; our wings are clipped, fuses are short and all that is needed is a spark to set it a...

📣 Thrilled to see Kundle Cru present their new show BIRDS physically dynamic performance blending circus skills, dance + theatre part of Dublin Fringe Fest 4-7 Sep
Book: www.fringefest.com/festival/wha...
More: cryingoutloud.org/artists/kund...

#DublinFringeFestival #TheCivic #PromenadeIreland

Ventnor Fringe 2025: More than 120 shows ready to discover Ventnor Fringe Festival announces its vibrant programme, featuring over 120 performances this July

Ventnor Fringe Festival announces its vibrant programme, featuring over 120 performances this July

#iwnews #IsleofWight @ventnorfringe.bsky.social

Upcoming - Crying Out Loud

📣We're busy through July!📣

Head to our Upcoming page to find out where you can see shows by our artists, join in masterclasses and workshops and also meet us in person🙂

All the info: cryingoutloud.org/upcoming/

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social #LetsCreate #ACEfunded #theatre #outdoorarts

432Nomads - Voices, Art & Culture of Migrants 432Nomads - Voices, Art & Culture of Migrants

📣 Supporting Refugee Week 2025 with 432 Nomads 📣
A bold fusion of art, music, dance, poetry + live conversations. Connect through culture and stories and join us in celebrating resilience in a powerful week of creativity, expression and community!

Read more here: www.432nomads.com/projects.htm...

See what shows we have on at the moment and upcoming:
Last few shows for InThisTogether at @brightonfringe.bsky.social, Mother Courage in Durham and also at Brighton Fringe - Anchored in Air from Head Over Wheels (image).

cryingoutloud.org/upcoming/

#BrightonFringe #BrightonFestival #theatre

Portsmouth Creates is seeking new Trustees to join the Board + support their next phase of growth to reflect Portsmouth’s diversity.

More details: www.portsmouthcreates.co.uk/about-us/joi...

New Authors Commission 2025-26 is live! - Circus City Bristol Call for expressions of interest for Round 2 of our circus research commission New Authors. Delivered in collaboration with Cirkus Syd, Crying Out Loud,

Apply now for the New Authors Commission Round 2 (2025–26) – a chance to win £2K, a 5 day residency and producer support, and to pitch your idea at Bristol Circus City 2025 🎤✨

More here: www.bristolcircuscity.com/new-authors-...

Love this from @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social - perfect for a lunchtime scroll . . .

#theMaryRose #Titanic #Solent #Portsmouth

Finally, the last one, with the caption "Because it's an AWFUL lot deeper!", and a little drawing of the outline of the titanic sits on the bottom, with the depth next to it.

Because the Titanic is 3,800m (12,500ft, or 20,833 fathoms) deep, so it's a LOT harder to get at!

Show your support for Bristol Circus City - 2025 will "mark the start of a new chapter: a more inclusive, accessible and sustainable future for circus in Bristol and beyond"

Donate here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/circus-cit...

Circus City is the UK’s only festival dedicated to contemporary circus!

Following the UK Premiere at @thealbanyse8.bsky.social new tour dates added for Upswing Aerial's Showdown 'the cut-throat circus competition that’s kind of like The Hunger Games… with better lighting'

Dates: upswing.org.uk/whats-on/

Directed Vicki Amedume
Written @athenakugblenu.bsky.social

Circus Around and About 2 news - Crying Out Loud Circus Around and About 2 our contemporary circus project led with Take Art and Extraordinary Bodies, has drawn to a spectacular close

After 21 vibrant months, Circus Around and About 2 — our contemporary circus project led with Take Art and Extraordinary Bodies — has drawn to a spectacular close.

Read more here: cryingoutloud.org/news/circus-...

#ACEfunded #LetsCreate @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

📢 Great opportunity to have your say 📢

Take part in the 5th + final Big Freelancer Survey by Mon 21 Apr.

Run by Freelancers Make Theatre Work, is a vital tool for understanding the challenges our sector has faced: pandemic, cost-of-living, Brexit, funding cuts + more.

linktr.ee/BigFreelance...

Isle of Wight you were fantastic! ⛴️
We performed shows for 430+ children & 7 workshops delivered across 3 schools.

Huge thanks to @creativeisland.bsky.social @crying-out-loud.bsky.social for supporting this work & to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social & #NationalLottery for making it all possible 🌱

Call for Artists: Temporary Art Installation at Victoria Park - Victoria Park Portsmouth Call for Artists: Temporary Art Installation at Victoria Park We are thrilled to announce that Portsmouth City Council and the Revitalising Victoria Park project team is commissioning a temporary art ...

Artist call out: Temporary Art Installation at Victoria Park, Portsmouth.
📢 Workshop delivery, design + production budget: £10,000
📢Deadline for applications: Friday 11 April

victoriaparkportsmouth.org.uk/call-for-art...

#callout #art #Portsmouth #opportunity

South London has deep connections to circus + theatre, don’t miss this free exhibition ‘Ringside’ at Lambeth Archives, celebrating the borough’s status as the ‘birthplace of circus’. Until 12 April.

#circus #London #Ringside #Letscreate #ACEfunded #Lambeth @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Amazing 1st day on #IsleofWight 🙌🏻

Delivering school shows & drama based climate science workshops developed alongside @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Huge thanks to our partners & funders for supporting this wk!

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social @crying-out-loud.bsky.social @creativeisland.bsky.social

📢 We’re thrilled to announce a new collaboration📢
We are joining forces with Portsmouth's This New Ground + Head Over Wheels as part of the Groundwork project – a bold and inclusive creative journey led by learning-disabled artists.

More: cryingoutloud.org/news/

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Congratulations @storiesinthedust.bsky.social and we love the drawing! 👏

Do enjoy our latest Newsletter in which we highlight our new website; as well as work by multidisciplinary artists Head Over Wheels who go to @brightonfringe.bsky.social; and also our work w/movement director Luke Brown.

Pls share: bit.ly/NewsletterSp...

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social #LetsCreate

📣paid opportunity from @quayarts.bsky.social - apply by Wed 26 Feb! 📣

www.quayarts.org/where/wp-con...

#dance #dancer #contemporarydance #artsopp

New piece from me @thestage.bsky.social on planned ACE changes to Project Grants and why so many fear a looming catastrophe. Some of the changes would make touring even harder and be a death sentence for non-NPO funded companies. tinyurl.com/yxm77p58

Jobs and volunteering - The Mary Rose Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MARY ROSE!

We're looking for a PR Officer and a Marketing Campaign Manager to help us spread the word of the Mary Rose Museum, and the work that we do, to new audiences.

Find out more about these roles - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...

We've just opened the call out for our next round of Instagram takeovers.

We are looking for two artists who will each do a takeover of our Instagram account between May and November 2025.

Find out more and how to apply ↓
https://disabilityarts.online/blog/dao-instagram-takeovers/

Our free-to-view documentary film, The Last Show, is now available to watch online, chronicling the 47 year history of the London International Mime Festival, which ended in 2023 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MT...