Chol brings live story-making to people in their everyday communities. We strive to work with children from all backgrounds and are passionate about finding ways to create new work with children who may not usually take part in theatre or story-making experiences.
All of Chol's participants are valued as equal players, everyone is able to develop their potential and unlock their aspirations. Our unique equal players approach inspires democracy; imagination flourishes and communities are built.
Operating as usual
Do you want to work in music? Live in Huddersfield? Our friends at @LiveMusicNowUK have exciting summer jobs in the music industry up for grabs. If you're 18-25, interested in music, content creation or running live events, check it out. Deadline Noon, 9th May: bit.ly/roundherejobs
Calling young people aged 16-25!
As part of our #Listen52 project we’re running a number of mini creative residencies to create art and inspire our final production in July.
One of these mini residencies will be an exploration of mental health in young people, looking at your hopes, fears, frustrations and ideas, and gathering responses as to how you, as a young person, feel right now about current and future issues.
If you are aged between 16-25, we’d really appreciate it if you could fill out our anonymous short survey by clicking on the link below, deadline 13 May.
Fill in the survey here ➡️ https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2H9MJGR
Eid Mubarak to all of our friends celebrating! We hope you have a wonderful day of celebrations 🌙
It’s International Dance Day!🕺💃
Throwback to Biennale 2019, when we worked with an amazing group of young people to choreograph the dance piece, ‘Switch’, inspired by the themes of light and dark.
Biennale 2022 is coming up soon, check out The Childrens Art School for news about this year’s Biennale.
#internationaldanceday2022 #internationaldanceday
📣FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT📣
We're so excited to have received Arts Council England Jubilee funding to bring a brand new children and young people's project 'Days of Joy' to #Barnsley, in collaboration with Fusion - Barnsley’s Cultural Education Partnership.
First up, we're speaking directly with young people to find out what they want, next, we will co-create a variety of different art works with partner schools and organisations. The artworks will be displayed in June, when the whole country celebrates the Queen's Jubilee.
Keep an eye out for opportunities coming your way!
It's ready. and it's up... the incredible mosaic by Abigail Barker is now hanging in The Hive Community Cafe. Commissioned by Historic England, with support from Kirklees Council, and us Spirit of the Square celebrates how this place helps contribute to our wonderfully vibrant community. We'll be there at 11am tomorrow, celebrating with coffee and cake. Come on down to take a look meet Abigail or if you'd just like to say hello.
#HuddsHSHAZ #HistoricHighStreets
Historic England Acreativespace
HIVE Community and Cafe
Kirklees
Arts Council England
National Lottery Heritage Fund
We had a fabulous time last week in Walkley Library and Burngreave Library where we worked with young people to reimagine how Sheffield might look like in the year 2052! A great day of storytelling, making and drawing with an inspiring group of young people ✨💫
These workshops are part of #listen52, our youth leadership and arts egagement project in Sheffield. You can find out more here ➡️ https://wearechol.co.uk/listen-52-meet-the-team/
With thanks to Arts Council England
We're working with Live Music Now on a project in Huddersfield - there's PAID OPPORTUNITIES for an Emerging Producer and Emerging Musicians based in or around Huddersfield. There's also a National Digital Creative role. Take a look at the link below for details! https://www.livemusicnow.org.uk/seeking-18-25-year-old-emerging-musicians-and-producers/
#HuddsHSHAZ #HistoricHighStreets
Historic England Arts Council England National Lottery Heritage Fund Kirklees
We are seeking emerging musicians and event producers from six High Street project sites as well as a National Digital Creative to help deliver Live Music Now's 'Round Here project.
🐣Happy Easter!🐣
The Chol team are having some much deserved time off over the Easter weekend, hopefully featuring lots of chocolate! We hope you have a lovely, long bank holiday weekend and we'll see you soon!
In case you missed it:
March's newsletter, available to read here:
https://bit.ly/36ULpT2
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🌟Spotlight on... Abbey Walters🌟
We're so lucky to have Abbey joining us for six weeks, working with the Home Ed group on her final Drama project of the year, 'A Story Worth Telling.'
Abbey drives all the way from Lincoln every Thursday for the sessions, where she works with the group to explore what stories are and the ways in which we can tell our stories.
‘Is fearr cáirde ná ór!” (Friendship is better than gold).
Stories shape our world, they can unite us and help us to eventually heal. Memory does that too.’ (From 'An Irish Welcome')
On Friday 18 March we presented 'An Irish Welcome' at The Irish Centre Fitzwilliam Street, and it was wonderful - a night to remember!
☘️Read more: https://wearechol.co.uk/an-irish-welcome-a-night-to-remember/
Join us tomorrow (Thursday 7 April) for a free, fun filled hour of drama games and live story-making at our after school club, taking place at Maker World, Piazza Shopping Centre, Huddersfield.
We're very excited that the club will be continuing throughout the Easter Holidays, last session 21 April.
Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drama-club-tickets-267769645217
A fantastic day with the whole Chol-Operative team on Friday, forward thinking and dreaming big about future plans and projects…
We’re so excited for the future of Chol! #CholOperative #flexibleworking
Tonight, 6pm, St George's Hall, Bradford...
✨Musica Spectacular✨
Book: https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/musica-spectacular-247947
Bradford Theatres Chellow Heights School
The artists behind The Joy Of A Roar are going on a lion hunt!
You can join Christopher Marsden and Laura Mateescu, tomorrow (Sunday 3rd April) from 14:30 at St George's Square - to find out more about Huddersfield's historic links with the lion, through the town's public art and architecture. You'll need a ticket - book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lion-hunt-tickets-260967329307
Chris said: “Huddersfield has almost 200 lions... We will explore their stories and makers. No bravery is needed but binoculars are encouraged!”
Historic England Arts Council England National Lottery Heritage Fund Discover Huddersfield Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport @Joyofaroar Kirklees
🎶Are you ready for Musica Spectacular...?🎶
Head to St George's Hall, Bradford on Monday 4 April for a night of singing, dancing, acting and artwork on display, in a celebration of the diverse talent within Special Schools across Bradford, including one of our partner schools, Chellow Heights School.
Chol's Carly and Ruth have been working with a group from Chellow Heights, creating brand new stories. Their exciting stories and wonderful characters will be shared at the event.
Book your tickets: https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/musica-spectacular-247947/
📸A selection of photographs from our weekly sessions at Chellow Heights.
The Joy of A Roar community photography project can now be found in and around St George's Square - with a special focus on Station Street. HUGE thanks to the 100+ participants and everyone who helped to support this wild project.
Devised and created by Christopher Marsden and Laura Mateescu, and funded by Historic England's High Street Heritage Action Zone programme with support from Kirklees Council
Thanks to Historic England Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport National Lottery Heritage Fund, Kirklees Temporary Contemporary Bargain Box (UK) Ltd, Calder Graphics Clear Channel UK, Queensgate Ironmongers and Sovereign Sports of Marsh.
Partners
Active Bodies, The Basement Recovery Project, HIVE Community and Cafe Piazza Centre, Platform One, S2R and the University Of Huddersfield Club balls courtesy of Huddersfield Giants and HTFC
The Joy of a Roar: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1404774246615250
#JoyOfARoar
#HuddsHSHAZ #HistoricHighStreets
We’re very excited to announce we are running a number of free drama workshops across Sheffield over the coming months, as part of our #Listen52 project.
These drama-based workshops will use fun and creative activities to explore future themes and help us to develop our large scale Listen 52 performance, set to take place in the summer of 2022.
Info: https://wearechol.co.uk/listen-52-workshops/
Yesterday was #WorldTheatreDay, and in celebration we wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to the many amazing communities and individuals we've been lucky enough to create performances with throughout the years.
Here's a selection of photographs from our recent play 'An Irish Welcome', which took place on 18 March.
#WorldTheatreDay2022
⭐️ Latest update from Listen 52⭐️
Listen 52's amazing young Producers are now developing and working on our Mini Residency number 1, working with Peter Martin and Alfie Heffer from Site Gallery to produce their own short film.
Last Thursday they visited Site and toured its current exhibition - Survey II. They then storyboarded ideas with Peter to commence the filming project.
So excited to share more Listen 52 news with you all in the coming weeks and months - watch this space!
There's still time to book your child's place for tonight's After School Drama Club, a fun-filled hour of drama, games and creative play.
❔Who: For young people aged 7-11
❔When: 4-5pm, every Thursday until the new, extended end-date of 21 April.
❔Where: Maker World, The Piazza. Huddersfield.
Book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drama-club-tickets-267769645217
Very excited to share a sneaky peek of artist Abigail Barker's mosaic artwork created as part of #HSHAZ, celebrating the heritage of St. George’s Square, Huddersfield.
The imagery has been carefully selected to capture the square’s sporting significance, architectural prowess and cultural importance to Huddersfield.
Find out more about Abigail and her work here: https://wearechol.co.uk/artist-profile-abigail-barker/
A Creative Space
On #WorldPoetryDay, here’s a sweet little rhyme,
a poem to share what makes Chol so sublime:
From flexible working, to equal pay,
here at Chol, we all have a say.
Female led, we're proud of our girl power,
and our flat structure - Chol ain't no hierarchical tower!
Bring our babies to work, let them join in the fun,
every voice heard and every thought welcome.
There’s no judgement here, we all get stuck in
to all sorts of jobs - and the biscuit tin!
Creativity's always flowing in Chol-Operative land,
you’ll find us covered in glitter and glue, we hope you understand!
Hot sauce is our obsession, you won’t find a spicier bunch,
we splash it in our coffees, it's a necessity at lunch.
On World Poetry Day, here’s a poem that’s so true
From the Cholette gals - we couldn’t do it without YOU!
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