Welcome to Tameside where we have begun our second residency of Local Exchange in the area.

We have been working with local communities since 2018 to celebrate and build arts and culture in, for, and by Tameside.

Now, we are looking forward to our second community festival in the area, when the Royal Exchange’s pop-up theatre, the Den, returns to Stalybridge in 2025.

Our programming is led by our Local Exchange Ambassadors and Champions, with whom we make and shape an arts programme bespoke to their area following conversations about the changes they would like to see in the local area. We work closely with local community groups and organisations to co-produce arts projects, as well as training and educational opportunities. Led by local people throughout, we hope to ensure Local Exchange benefits local communities first and foremost.

 

Become a Tameside Champion
We’re looking for young people from Tameside to help us produce and programme an arts festival in Stalybridge, May 2024.
Meeting in November, February,  March and April you will:
  • Collaborate with artists, local people and the Royal Exchange team to programme our festival
  • Come up with ideas for events, shows and workshops
  • Work with the team to design marketing materials and get the word out there
  • Get involved in the projects we make together, including plays, workshops, training, etc,  and gain new skills & experience in the arts
We have been working as an intergenerational group (age 14+) in Tameside to make connections in the area and now we need you to help us fill the festival with fun.
Interested?  Come along to our next meeting
Wednesday 27th of November, 6-8PM @ Tameside Local Studies and Archive Centre.
Text or email Esme, Local Exchange Coordinator, to let us know if you can come!
07494315213 or esme.moszynska@royalexchange.co.uk
Previously:

In 2021 a group of residents from across Tameside worked with the Royal Exchange to create a 2-week festival of arts, crafts and culture THE DEN AT STALYBRIDGE.

Together with local communities, we’ve since commissioned theatre, produced creative workshops, and supported the creation of local community group PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY DUKINFIELD.