Welcome to Spring 2024!

Welcome to our Spring 2024 season and my 67th!

Jersey Arts Centre turns 41 on 20 January 2024 but we have been active across the Island for over 50 years because we started out as the Jersey Arts Council in 1970!

As always, our programme is designed to appeal to all tastes and so we hope that there will be many performances, exhibitions and courses throughout the spring that you’ll be inspired to attend.

Oddsocks Productions return with a new Roger Radio initiative as they…attempt Frankenstein – on the radio! Jersey Film Society presents a Hitchcock Weekend of eight films on 24 + 25 February. There are also a further four Amici Artium concerts with violin, trumpet, percussion and quartet offerings.

Vamos Theatre return with The Boy on the Roof on 20 + 21 February, and our Honorary Patron, Tim Crouch, returns on 28 February with the critically acclaimed An Oak Tree. And Ballet d’Jerri will be celebrating their 1st anniversary in the form of a residency at Jersey Arts Centre with performances between 22 – 24 March.

We would once again like to thank you all for your unparalleled support and encouragement throughout these past 40+ years – the challenges have sometimes been great – but your commitment to the work at Jersey Arts Centre has been even greater! We look forward to seeing you

We look forward to seeing you here at Phillips Street and out-and-about during the spring.

Take good care, stay safe and enjoy the experience ahead!
With best wishes

Daniel Austin | Director

[Image: Spring 2024 Brochure cover / Aaron Azunda Akugbo / 27 February]

 

DID YOU KNOW? that in 2023 Jersey Arts Centre delivered the following events, activities and experiences:

  • 237 ticketed performances with 27,126 attendances
  • 14 exhibitions in the Berni Gallery
  • 12 exhibitions in the Bar Gallery
  • 19 public courses and workshops (xx sessions) with 165 participants
  • 9 workshops in 8 schools for Holocaust Memorial Day with 231 participants
  • 9 workshops in 8 schools for World Book Day with 230 participants
  • 18 workshops at Mont a L’Abbe School with 30 participants weekly
  • 3 workshops in 2 schools on Dance + Philosophy with 73 participants
  • 2 youtheatre productions: Frankenstein + Chaos
  • 2 ACT projects: 1984 + 8 by 12 by ACT
  • 1 Junior Drama project: Bright. Young. Things.
  • Festival 40 Weekend to celebrate JAC’s 40th Anniversary with 12 events and 1,200+ attendances
  • The planting of 400+ whips for our 40th anniversary celebrations
  • 3 Commissions: One of Those Streets by Mezzanine Productions + Bunburying by Dr Adam Perchard + The Other Side of Performance by Juliette Hart
  • 4 Residencies: Sometime, Somewhere by Simon MacDonald + Joe & Jack by Philip Stokes + All the Ways Without You + Indigo Moon: Learning to Dance by Wayne Stewart
  • Our 21st consecutive year of assisting with the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
  • youtheatre readings at the Former Internees 78th Liberation Day Anniversary at the War Tunnels
  • 16 events at Coronation Park in August
  • The animation of C.I. Pride at People’s Park with 13 acts incorporating 37 artists
  • The 10th Polish Film Festival
  • The 19th Human Rights Festival
  • The hosting of 8 Project Trident students
  • 4 of JAC’s community theatre companies ran throughout the year
  • 105 Arts in Health Care Trust concerts over 6 tours across 27 Island care settings
  • JAC Advent Calendar online in December
  • Our 8th Community Christmas Production: Rodgers and Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music with 3,575 attendances over 16 ticketed performances with a BSL Interpreted Performance by Andrew Higgins
  • 13 workshops in 10 schools with 350 participants exploring The Sound of Music story

 

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Our thanks extend to everyone for their support, enthusiasm and social and cultural engagement…