Author Archives: Amy

We are hugely excited to announce that Cohere Arts were recently awarded funding from Arts Council England to support the research & development phase of a new performance project in collaboration with National Trust’s Sutton Hoo site. To kick start the project, this week Cohere’s artistic director Amy Mallett completed a 5-day residency at SuttonContinue reading “R & D Residency at Sutton Hoo”

Our first Gentle seated yoga session of 2023 offered a special treat as we were treated to a visit by Suffolk harpist Xenia Horne who provided live, responsive accompaniment to the session, which took place at Woodbridge Community Hall on Friday 6th January. We were delighted to welcome 31 participants to the session, which isContinue reading “Live harp accompaniment at Gentle”

Thanks to the generosity of Aviva Community Fund, and many kind donors, we are excited to announce that our recent crowdfunding campaign raised just under £2ooo towards VOICE! – our initiative supporting young people to use the arts to express their concerns around climate crisis and environmental sustainability. We are looking forward to co-producing someContinue reading “Crowdfunding success”

Congratulations to our Creative Associate Imogen Hayward, who runs our Gentle seated yoga to music sessions as part of our Creative Routes to Health social prescribing programme. We nominated Imogen for Active Suffolk’s Active Unsung Hero Award 2022 and were thrilled to hear that in an award ceremony on 18th Nov 22, Imogen was announcedContinue reading “Award Winning Imogen”

Thanks to everyone who visited our Woodland Voices exhibition at Christchurch Mansion on Friday 28th October. We were thrilled to welcome a wide range of visitors from pushchair passengers, to entire families and curious tourists! Visitors remarked on the immersive qualities of audio and the exhibition’s ability to transport you to a woodland environment despiteContinue reading “Woodland Voices Exhibition”

Cohere Arts CIC are looking for arts practitioners to join our team of freelance Creative Associates to help us deliver a number of exciting projects in East Anglia. Whether a visual artist, performer, writer, or media specialist, you will be interested in applying your practice within the field of creative health. You are adaptable, unflappableContinue reading “Come and work with us”

We are utterly delighted to have been awarded funding from Arts Council England to make a film of our HerStory opera, showcasing the artistic talents of people living with Parkinson’s from across the UK.  Working with partners Britten Pears Arts, English National Opera, Trinity Laban and MuMo Creative, throughout autumn 2022 we will be runningContinue reading “HerStory Opera Film”

10 year old Iris shares her thoughts about what it was like to be part of the junior community chorus for Witchfinder at Walpole Old Chapel

He’s back! We are thrilled to announce that booking has now opened for live performances of Witchfinder, our immersive music theatre production inspired by the infamous Matthew Hopkins, self proclaimed ‘Witchfinder General’. Performances are at Walpole Old Chapel, near Halesworth, Suffolk on May 21st (17:00) and 22nd (14:30 & 17:00). Tickets £10. Mingle with theContinue reading “Witchfinder – Live at Walpole”

In celebration of the remarkable Margaret Catchpole It seems only fitting to celebrate Women’s History Month by celebrating the remarkable life of Suffolk heroine Margaret Catchpole (1762-1819), the inspiration for our operatic work HerStory. Margaret worked as a nanny and servant to the Cobbold family in Suffolk. She was an intelligent girl and was taughtContinue reading “Women’s History Month, March 2022”