Sarah Acton writer+performer+ socially engaged arts project news

October 31, 2024

Wild Words at the Holloway

Following deep green thread of WildWriting down to the Symondsbury Estate holloway – a secret world of birds, ferns and as Robert Macfarlane says, ‘concealement,..

October 31, 2024

Book of the EXE audio commission for Literature Works/ Quay Words

In collaboration with violins by musician Emma Welton, and produced by ArtWorkExeter for River Radio this is my final commissioned piece for the summer residency..

August 14, 2024

History Club at Tolpuddle Old Chapel; everyday heritage celebrating rural working class histories

Sarah is working with Tolpuddle Old Chapel all of this year to set up the Reimagining History Club and deliver workshops/inspirations to encourage research and story sharing on themes of everyday working class lives in rural Dorset.

August 14, 2024

Quay Words/ Literature Works writer-in-residence summer 2024 at Custom House ‘Vessels’

Sarah is the Quay Words summer writer in residence for Literature works at Custom House in Exeter summer 2024 on the theme of Vessels.

May 1, 2024

Following The Fleet/Drifters Seiners SW tour

Drifters/ Seiners with Jason Singh commissioned by Sound UK and with film by CommonGround and live music collaborations of spoken word and poetry with musicians;..

January 25, 2024

Drifters The Fleet South West Tour with Jason Singh

I’m delighted to be on a double bill with sound artist and musician, Jason Singh who performs his live score of the 1929 silent film..

January 21, 2024

Bard by Nature

Bardic song and research practice at Dartington Arts School for a new performance piece Bard by Nature (on landscape connection and voice as a tool for collective memory)

poetry

January 21, 2024

Weymouth-on-Sea/ writer-in-residence 2019

exploring the relationships to sea over winter with local communities at Weymouth Library libraries as cultural hubs writing residency 2019; a milestone in my project..

December 13, 2023

Talking Tent

Dorset National Landscape 60th anniversary! This project has been a big and important part of my life in recent years, and as it continues, opens..

poetry