New show – Golden Slumbers
We’re thrilled to have been awarded Arts Council England project funding to develop our new show Golden Slumbers for touring in 2025. Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch – […]
Groovin Well feedback report
This Autumn, we asked Canterbury u3a (University of the 3rd Age) to interview participants of our Groovin Well groups in Dover, Canterbury, Lordswood and Margate in order to gather feedback […]
Annual Report & Accounts 2023-24
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our AGM at the University of Kent on Thursday 5 December. We were delighted to see so many friends and […]
Shostakovich 8
On 6 October 2024, Sacconi String Quartet came together with Moving Memory’s Dover Groovin Well and Intergen groups to explore what happens when Movers meet Musicians and Shostakovich’s String Quartet […]
The Devil’s Doorbell Curtain-raiser
This Autumn, our Groovin Well group at The Beaney, Canterbury will be Taking our Spirits to the Sky by working towards a curtain-raiser for The Devil’s Doorbell at Gulbenkian Arts Centre […]
Dover Groovin Well
Funded by Dover Town Council and Social Enterprise Kent, Moving Memory’s Dover Groovin Well group has been moving and making together for the last 6 months at Biggin Hall thanks […]
Postcode Community Trust & People’s Postcode Lottery
We’re thrilled to have been awarded funding by the Postcode Community Trust, raised by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Our work shows that getting older can be life-enhancing and […]
UKSPF Pride in Place Grant
We’re delighted to have been awarded a UKSPF Pride in Place grant for Moving Well activity in Canterbury over the next 10 months. We’ll be setting up a new Groovin […]
Philip & Connie Phillips Foundation
We’re thrilled to have received funding from the Philip & Connie Phillips Foundation towards our core running costs. Funding for core costs helps us to continue to provide free and […]
Damn It! Dance It! Maidstone
Following 6 weeks of workshops at the Mall, Maidstone, our wonderful Damn It! Dance It! group performed their choreography in the shopping centre to the great delight of passing shoppers […]
Foyle Foundation
We’re thrilled to have received funding from the Foyle Foundation towards the core costs of providing opportunities for dance and movement performances and workshops for older people over the next […]
Cracking the Crinoline Reshape
We’ve been commissioned by Applause Rural Touring and 1 Degree East to ‘reshape’ our much-loved outdoor show Cracking the Crinoline for touring this summer across the South East of England. […]
The Big Give Arts for Impact campaign
We’re so pleased to have been selected to take part in The Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign taking place from 19th to 26th March. We’re aiming to raise ÂŁ1,000 towards our […]
Garfield Weston Foundation
We’re thrilled to have received funding from Garfield Weston Foundation towards our core running costs. Funding for core costs helps us to continue to provide free and low cost creative […]
Creative Health Podcast
We’re incredibly honoured that Sian is featured in January 2024’s Creative Health Podcast as podcast number 10. In this episode Sian discusses her own rebellious and DIY journey into theatre […]
We’re recruiting new Trustees
We are looking for two new Trustees to join the Board of Directors of Moving Memory Dance Theatre in 2024. This is a great opportunity to work with a small […]
Betty, Cathy, Emma, Laura & Mj vox-pops
10 December 2023 Market Square, Folkestone Betty, Cathy and Emma chat about their experience of taking part in the Dover Groovin’ Well group and their performance as part of Dover […]
Annual Report 2022_23
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our AGM at the University of Kent on Friday 1 December. We were delighted to see so many friends and share […]
Spotlight on Safeguarding Adults
In support of this year’s Safeguarding Adults week, Active Kent & Medway have published a Spotlight on: Safeguarding Adults which looks at busting some myths around safeguarding adults, sharing examples […]
West Kent Radio interview Groovin Well
In October this year our Creative Facilitator, Mj Stevens, was invited into the studio at West Kent Radio to talk to Alex Hakes about Groovin’ Well sessions at Southborough Civic […]
The Devil’s Doorbell by Lucy Edwards
It’s rare and beautiful witnessing a theatre crowd in the opening bars of a show gettin’ jiggy. The anticipation, palpable from the very back rows, over what they think they […]