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Airport helps aerial dance festival fly high Southampton International Airport helped the tenth birthday edition of the annual European Aerial Dance Festival take off in August. The internationally recognised event, held at The Point, was presented by aerial dance company Gravity & Levity and was supported by Arts Council England. It offered inclusive and intensive courses and workshops for all levels and abilities, taught by world class professional tutors.
The Borough’s flagship theatre The Point, Eastleigh is undergoing a transformation project called Your Point. Generously funded by Arts Council England with support from Eastleigh Borough Council and local business Bathrooms by Unique in Hedge End, over the next year the project will create an accessible and welcoming building for all. The refurbishment of the studio theatre space will be designed by the celebrated studio three sixty°; the team who created the world’s first flat pack theatre the ‘Roundabout’ for Paines Plough touring theatre company.
Southampton International Airport’s partnership recognised the festival’s contribution to the local economy, as well as the opportunity it offered residents to attend dance, yoga, gymnastics and similar core-based classes.
Audiences and visitors can also expect some surprises for the outside of the building plus new websites for The Point, its two annual festivals; Eastleigh Unwrapped and Eastleigh Film Festival and sister venue The Berry Theatre, helping you to find out about all the opportunities you can be a part of across the Borough.
Picture credit right: Mark Morreau
Accessible Cinema
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Tickets: £5 carers FREE
Tuesday 24 September • 10.30am
Aladdin
Tuesday 22 October • 10.30am
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Tuesday 12 November • 10.30am
Dumbo
Tuesday 10 December • 10.30am
Holiday Inn
Designed for people with dementia, learning or physical difficulties and their families and carers. Films are screened with the lights up a little and the sound down a touch. Sing along if you wish, or get up and dance, there are no rules!
Sponsorship adds extra gloss to outdoor movie season Extra gloss was added to Eastleigh’s outdoor movie season with sponsorship from the Dulux Decorator Centre, which opened on the town’s Stanstead industrial estate in June.
season which attracts more people into the town centre and boosts our evening economy in particular.”
The cinema programme, part of The Point, Eastleigh’s Summer Social, invited audiences to enjoy a line-up of blockbuster and classic film screenings on the Outdoor Garden Stage.
The Point received excellent feedback about this year’s Summer Social which offered audiences six weeks of accessible outdoor events and entertainment for the whole family, including live music, arts and creative sessions for children, outdoor cinema and wellbeing yoga.
Cllr Derek Pretty, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Economy, said: “The new Dulux Decorator Centre is a very welcome addition to Eastleigh’s retail mix. We’re delighted that they chose to sponsor The Point’s exciting outdoor cinema
Picture above: Cllr Derek Pretty, Cabinet Member for Economy and John Baker, Dulux Decorator Centre Manager, at The Point’s outdoor cinema.
