CURRENT PROJECTS

A person is walking down a catwalk on a city centre street. They have black trousers and an elaborate black jacket open to a bare chest. Seated audience members look on and smile.

The Big Feast
Since 2014

Our annual outdoor festival is a love letter to Stoke-on-Trent and its people.

It has been a staple of the city’s calendar offering a free, outdoor event where art and artists pop up in the streets, buildings and underused spaces of the city centre.

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Two dancers in traditional Indian dress dance against a dark background. The woman in the foreground has a pink headwrap and is waving a large scarf at waist height. The man behind her is leaping high in the air trailing his scarf behind him.

Sensasian
Since 2023

Sensasian is a celebration of South Asian art and culture.

The programme draws inspiration from, and created in consultation with, the South Asian and wider community in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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A smiling Asian woman and an Asian man in glasses look through a glass cabinet in a gallery at Wedgwood ceramics. A green teapot is on the left, a light blue teapot is on the right and a smaller, blue teapot in the middle.

Lunch Club
Since 2022

Lunch Club is a group for refugees and asylum seekers.

It provides opportunities to engage in the arts and with artists, to explore local life, and to be part of the community decision-making for the Appetite programme.

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PREVIOUS PROJECTS

The Newcastle Common logo with an orange semi circle around a blue circle and yellow quarter circle of individual lines and the words newcastle common at the bottom

Newcastle Common
2021 - 2024

Reimagining empty shop units in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre as places for art and creativity, pop-up events, and even a library!

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A close up of a circular ceramic plaque on a brick wall featuring green leaves and white flowers. A light blue canal boat is in the background.

A Canalside Arcana
2024 - 2025

A permanent public art trail along the Trent and Mersey canal that reflects how residents feel when spending time on the waterside.

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A close up of a printed portrait photograph of a Asian man wearing a red turban with a dark background with writing on, displayed on a wooden wall and hung with bulldog clips..

Punjab to the Potteries
2022 - 2023

Celebrating the people and stories of local families with lived experience of migration from the Punjab region of South Asia to North Staffs.

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A woman with shoulder length dark hair pictured from the side spinning 5 colourful hula hoops, wearing a red sparkly top and shorts outfit. An audience watches in the background.

The Homecoming
2014 - 2023

Bringing modern circus back to Newcastle-under-Lyme: the birthplace of its founder, Philip Astley.

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An image of a lit, 20 pointed star, glowing and steaming. It is dusk and there are silhoutted bare trees in the background.

Middleport Projects
Since 2021

Since 2021From painted gables and bridges to Christmas lights and bamboo.

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Circus performers dressed in farmer attire (corduroy trousers, shirts, caps and wellies) perform a show. A woman is doing the splits in the air supported by 2 men holding her feet. Another woman runds underneath.

Kidsgrove Projects
Since 2021

A Picnic in Paradise, walks along the canal, and a trip Down the Rabbit Hole.

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