Arts & Culture
Director for Arts & Culture: Frank Rescigno
“If you are interested in arts & culture, have an idea relating to this area, or you are looking for a new interest please contact us. We would love to hear from you.”
The Arts & Culture Group works to provide artistic and cultural activity to the people of Morpeth and the surrounding areas. The group regularly meet to discuss projects, activities and ideas.
We offer a variety of cultural events: monthly Morpeth Community Cinema on the first Friday of the month; annual Morpeth Movie Weekend (usually February); professional theatre with the Northumberland Theatre Company 2 to 3 times per year; we are looking for a volunteer to be the team leader to manage this project reflecting our last offering Morpeth Theatre Evenings was completed in May 2018 with a production from the National Theatre, London of ‘The Audience’ starring Helen Mirren – the goal is look for 2 of these special evenings to take place each year, are you able to help make this happen?
Since 2022 GMDT, in partnership with Northumberland Libraries run over a weekend the Morpeth Book Festival event – this Annual event is always well supported by the people of Morpeth. It is hoped this annual literary event will grow and will be an entry in our calendar for many years.
Each July we organise ‘Picnic in the Park’ – a fabulous free & friendly family fun community event in Carlisle Park. The event is free to everyone – even free burgers are available. Our sincere thanks to the local businesses who support this venture each year.
GMDT is leading on the delivery of the new MORPETH PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE. Our GMDT Leader Frank Rescigno has created a dedicated team of volunteers who have been working with local and county councillors since 2022 to deliver the centre. We are in discussion with the Morpeth Methodist Church as a possible conversion into an arts centre. We are applying to various funders to progress the purchase and renovations to convert the building into the Morpeth Performing Arts Centre. for professional programmes and support local community groups. The plan is to provide a 220 seat theatre for cinema, theatre, music, exhibitions, music, , lectures and more. The venue could also have space for community workshops, a gallery and café.
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We need your help to raise funds for the feasibility to be completed, could you help with a donation on our Crowdfunding page – Morpeth Performing Arts Centre Crowdfunding
NEW VOLUNTEERS needed
GMDT Arts and Culture Interest group is currently looking for new volunteers and would like to extend to a more varied age group, specifically youth and 30 something’s. We are looking to provide activities that will appeal to a more varied audience. Please visit our GMDT Volunteers page for further information.
We also work with several GMDT Associate Member community partners:
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