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We rely on donations to continue creating extraordinary dance and movement with and for older people.

Any support you can give us, whether by making a one-off donation, signing up to support each month, or making a significant gift, is instrumental in realising our ambitions of creating joyful, life-enhancing performances and projects. You can also support us through your company, Trust or Foundation.

£5 helps towards the cost of props and materials
£10 helps us to pay for one person to take part in a workshop
£20 funds essential travel and transport for our volunteers and creative facilitators
£60 helps us to pay for one person to attend six weeks of workshops

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‘Made me feel GOOD about getting older’

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OUR EVENTS

08/03/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Margate

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch – a loving hold – Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by women through…

A woman with white hair and a feathered headpiece rests in a golden bed covered with white blankets. A pink BOing! 2025 overlays the image.

23/08/2025 – 24/08/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Canterbury

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch — a loving hold — Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by…

12/07/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Southborough

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch — a loving hold — Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by…

A group of performance in white and gold costumes perform with a golden bed on wheels outdoors.

05/07/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Folkestone

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch — a loving hold — Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by…

9 women dressed in frilly white dresses with red rose head dresses, scarves and gloves stare solemnly at the camera and wag their fingers.

25/10/2018 – 26/10/2018

Start Stomping

In order to investigate power, male-dominated society and the status quo, the company are joined by a vibrant group of young performers, stage managers and producers, drawn from Gulbenkian Arts…

7 women line up in long white cotton dresses, wearing little blue hats and holding parasols.

01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016

Beyond the Marigolds

Featuring movement, music and projections, the show reveals the rich emotional hinterland held in secret by older women. The company peel off those iconic rubber gloves to revisit times of…

6 women dressed as orange flower pots with flowers on their heads pose for a photo. They hold spades and one sits in a wheelbarrow next to a watering can.

24/08/2019 – 25/08/2019

Love Grows

In the Love Grows Garden, the generations are nurturing, cherishing and helping each other to grow — so in our very special ‘potting shed’ you will find stories of love…

6 women with big red bows in their hair, flowery skirts and white aprons sit at a table and strike a pose while 3 musicians, including 1 man playing an accordion strike a pose in the background.

13/03/2020

Beside Me

In ‘Beside Me’, expect smells, smiles and stuff that simmers, shocks and smoulders in a performance piece which also features a three-course lunch! Performed as part of POW Thanet. Performed at: …

7 women's faces are superimposed on to raspberries floating in a giant trifle.

28/05/2021 – 29/05/2021

Busting Trifles

Busting Trifles is a powerful pop-up piece of performance for those of us who have missed some colour, hope and joy in our lives.

6 women dressed in striking black and yellow crinoline skirts and boxing boots stare at the camera. Their T-shirts say Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company.

01/01/2011 – 24/08/2024

Cracking the Crinoline

Combining crinolines, corsets and boxing boots, our Queen Bs remind us not to take older women for granted. The piece is visually vibrant, uplifting and will leave audiences reaching for…

06/10/2024

Shostakovich 8

Written in Dresden, 1960, ‘in memory of the victims of fascism and war‘, Shostakovich’s exquisite, 20-minute string quartet has an enduring resonance. With this sharing of work in progress, musicians…

7 women in black slips with black jackets over their shoulders stare into the camera. They are stood in a line against a police line up background.

17/09/2024 – 29/10/2024

The Devil’s Doorbell

Drawing on the roles and personas ascribed to women throughout their lives, the show explores the absurdities and injustices conferred upon women’s bodies, serving up a surprising and provocative experience…

17/05/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Lordswood

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch — a loving hold — Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by…

3 women stand in a line dancing with the arms stretched out.

28/04/2025 – 27/10/2025

Groovin Well at Southborough with West Kent Mind

Groovin’ Well workshops are led by and for people aged 50+, no experience needed. All shapes, sizes and levels of mobility welcome. Sessions will build from simple getting-to-know-you activities through…

28/06/2025

Golden Slumbers Tour: Watford

Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch — a loving hold — Golden Slumbers is a highly visual and physical outdoor show exploring the endless cycle of labour experienced by…