The full list of associate dance companies includes Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and ZooNation Dance Company. The local partners are City Eye, the Southampton based Community Digital Film Company and ArtfulScribe, an arts organisation committed to develop and promote literature initiatives.
The associate artists are Earl Carpenter, renowned for having played the titular role in The Phantom of the Opera in the West End and Javert in Les Misérables on Broadway and the West End, Zoie Golding from local dance company ZoieLogic and Simon Slater, composer and actor who has recently composed the music for the National Theatre’s new production of Amadeus. Simon has also been Musical Director of the Mayflower Theatre Summer Youth Projects for the past 4 years.
The Engage department at Mayflower Theatre offers many learning activities throughout the year including: Summer Youth Projects, Mayflower Musical Youth
Theatre Workshops for Adults, Mayflower Theatre Tours, pre and post show talks and a variety of different workshops and an array of other events. The Associate Partners will contribute to the width and breadth of programme to give more local people access to the creative arts.
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