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Collective Encounters is a professional arts organisation specialising in theatre for social change through collaborative practice. We use theatre to engage those on the margins of society, telling untold stories and tackling the local, national and international concerns of our time.
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Collective Encounters celebrates after receiving £105,000 in National Lottery funding
Liverpool’s Collective Encounters is celebrating after being awarded £105,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Collective Encounters will use their funding to continue and [...]
Reset Project Manager Recruitment
Project Manager, Reset Pilot Project 6 months, part-time (approx. 4 days/month), £4,800 fee Liverpool Theatre Network are looking for a project manager to lead a pilot scheme focussed on arts provision for young people in [...]
A new chapter opens for Collective Encounters as they say goodbye to the wonderful Sarah Thornton
This summer, Collective Encounters will be saying goodbye to its founding Artistic Director Sarah Thornton who is planning to relocate her creative practice within the Republic of Ireland. Sarah established Collective Encounters as a ‘practice [...]
Become a Collective Encounters Trustee
Collective Encounters is seeking new trustees to join our board. Do you have experience of our participatory programme? Or, do you live in the Liverpool City Region and are interested in community development? Or are [...]
Call for participation: digital participatory theatre exploring loneliness
Collective Encounters’ Learning Administrator Wendy is seeking participants to contribute a short video for a piece of digital participatory theatre. Wendy is exploring the theme of loneliness and has created some performance elements responding [...]
Collective Encounters in solidarity with Liverpool Against Racism (LAR)
Along with arts and culture organisations across Liverpool City Region we welcome and support the forthcoming LAR festival. Many of us are actively involved in the programme and are proud to be part of the stand [...]