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Lighthouse team to make a splash for cash

Intrepid staff at Lighthouse Poole are preparing to take to the water to launch the venue’s annual Big Christmas Appeal…
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LYT – Meet the teachers: Emily Angel

With her background in drama education, Emily Angel is a Performing Arts graduate from AUB. As well as singing, acting…
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LYT – Meet the teachers: Brook Hopper

Brook Hopper is working on a number of creative projects as a writer, director and actor and is now teaching…
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LYT – Meet the teachers: Tiger Deffee

Having graduated from the Young Producers course at Lighthouse two years ago, Tiger Deffee has returned to education, studying Performing…
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‘We want it to feel theatrical, playful and alive’

From its origins as a short story written by HG Wells in 1894 to one of the funniest, most popular…
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Family Cinema ready for new season

Lighthouse Poole is delighted to announce its popular Family Cinema strand will continue with the support of the BFI’s Film…
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English Youth Ballet to make Lighthouse debut with 100-strong community cast

The award-winning English Youth Ballet makes its first visit to Lighthouse Poole to present a magical production of The Nutcracker…
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High five! Fifth final in a row for Lighthouse

Lighthouse Poole continues to do the business after earning its place as a finalist in the coveted Business Events Venue…
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Sanctuary: ‘I’m opening up a world of media’

Sanctuary, the summer artist residency at Lighthouse Poole, is fuelled by passion and creativity, both of which were in bountiful…
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‘Some people say that’s all in the past, but it’s constantly coming up in the present’

A deeply personal, but universally relevant story, The Past Is Present finds Swanage-based artist Sharon James continuing her exploration of…
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Cooking up a storm in the Zine Cuisine

Showcasing a boom in DIY publications, the recent Zine Cuisine art fair at Lighthouse Poole saw some 30 stallers and…
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A folk legend, heavy metal jazz, gravity defying circus dance – new shows on sale

A legendary figure of British folk music and an acclaimed concert of classic heavy metal played by jazz musicians –…
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Q&A with Emily Terndrup and John Kendal

Juliet and Romeo stars Emily Terndrup and John Kendal in a compelling, highly entertaining dance/theatre duet – comic, tender, surreal…
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‘We need more shows that tell women they don’t have to apologise for existing’

Leading the irreverent, pop-soundtracked adaptation is Georgia Firth as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Isobel McArthur's hugely…
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Popular artist’s exhibition supports Lighthouse

With more than 70 of his watercolours on show and for sale, Dorset-based watercolour artist Mike Jeffries is determined his…
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The Mousetrap: ‘The secret of its success is that it’s based on truth’

When Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap originally premiered in 1952, Elizabeth II had just become Queen, wartime rationing was still in…
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Vote for us! Lighthouse cinema enters independent film awards

Having doubled its audience in the last two years and as Poole’s only independent cinema, Lighthouse has officially entered the…
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Q&A with Martin Berry

Lighthouse Poole is delighted to be co-producing the much-anticipated new production of Little Shop of Horrors with Exeter Northcott and…
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