Welcome to our Spring 2026 Season!
Jersey Arts Centre opened its doors over 43 years ago now and we have been active across the Island for over 55 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 will be inspired to attend. Once again, both of the Island’s longest running theatre groups return to Jersey Arts Centre. Details of the JADC’s (founded in 1939) pantomime and The Vagina Monologues can be found here. And details of the JGRTC’s (founded in 1909) production of First Date can be found on here. Jersey Arts Centre’s youtheatre company will also be presenting Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. Jersey Film Society presents seven of their regular evening screenings together with a Best of British weekend, and Amici Artium presents a further three concerts. Forced Entertainment return with six of their Table Top Shakespeares and 412 Productions return with two shows this Easter: Brighton ’84 and Dark Raze.
We would, again, like to thank you all for your unparalleled support and encouragement throughout these past 43+ 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 here at Phillips Street and out-and-about during the coming spring.
Take good care, stay safe and enjoy the experience ahead!
Daniel Austin | Director
[Image: Spring 2026 Brochure cover / Maisie Adam]
DID YOU KNOW? that in 2025 Jersey Arts Centre delivered the following events, activities and experiences:
- 264 ticketed performances with 29,489 attendances
- playdays Children’s Festival: 34 events, 78 performers, 1,500 attendances/engagements
- 14 exhibitions in the Berni Gallery
- 14 exhibitions in the Bar Gallery
- 32 public courses and workshops (86 sessions) with 286 participants
- 9 workshops in 8 schools for World Book Day with 244 participants
- 9 workshops in 9 schools for Liberation Day with 247 participants
- 40 workshops at Mont à L’Abbé School with 12-30 participants weekly
- 2 youtheatre productions: Great Expectations + Heavy Weather
- 2 ACT projects: Murder on the Orient Express + Oliver Twist!
- 1 Junior Drama project with two groups: Show & Tell
- 1 community production: Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals for playdays
- 1 touring production in April to L’Hermitage in Brittany: Je suis votre memoire / and you are mine by ARTcomedia
- 1 touring production in September to the Ionian Island of Corfu: Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals
- 3 Commissions: Entangled Realities: Quantum Impressions in the Berni Gallery + Sam the Sword by Company Many + Echo & the Bloop by Mezzanine Productions
- 4 Residencies: Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Hammer Lamp by Oddsocks Productions + Sam the Sword by Company Many + Ariel Lanyi (pianist) + Echo & the Bloop by Mezzanine Productions
- Our 23rd consecutive year of assisting with the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
- 15 events at Coronation Park in August
- The 12th Polish Film Festival
- The 21st Human Rights Festival
- The hosting of 7 Project Trident students
- 5 of JAC’s community theatre companies ran throughout the year
- 67 Arts in Health Care Trust concerts over 4 tours across 31 Island care settings
- JAC Advent Calendar online in December
- Our 10th Community Christmas Production: Anthony Clark’s adaptation of Albert Lamorisse’s Oscar-winning The Red Balloon with 1,508 attendances over 16 ticketed performances with a BSL Interpreted Performance by Andrew Higgins and a Relaxed Performance
- 10 workshops in 8 schools with 234 participants exploring The Red Balloon story
Online Participants:
- Website Sessions: 260,469
- Page Views: 258,793
- Unique Users: 84,205
Our thanks extend to everyone for their support, enthusiasm and social and cultural engagement…