About Out There

Produced by SeaChange Arts, the Out There International festival of Street Arts &Circus is now the largest festival of its kind in the eastern region. It blends world class acts from around the globe with a mix of hands-on activities for all the family and a wonderful showcase for local artists and community groups.

Great Yarmouth based but working internationally, SeaChange are the arts development and promotion agency for the borough of Great Yarmouth. We have been delivering creative projects through professional artists and working with local people for over 10 years. As well as projects engaging communities, we are also increasing cultural programming in the borough, with a strong international emphasis, reflecting and celebrating Great Yarmouth's increasing international communities from Portugal, Lithuania, Poland and beyond.

Celebrating the growing internationalism of Great Yarmouth, Out There has quickly become one of the UK's foremost festivals with the ambition of establishing itself as one of international importance.

The foundations are there - a dynamic and exciting mix of major international acts; breathtaking spectacles; astounding performances and crazy happenings; and audiences which topped 50,000 people last year.

Out There has been developed with the support of the ZEPA network, an innovative project partnering nine French and English festivals to create and share artists, tours and expertise. While born of these international partnerships, Out There is founded on the historic qualities that make Great Yarmouth unique - a rich heritage of circus, entertainment and a sense of fun! Still a major UK tourist destination, Great Yarmouth attracts 6.2 million tourists each year. There's growing links to the continent with a new international port and a burgeoning international population. What's more, SeaChange Arts and the festival form part of a new £10m development to create a cultural quarter around the town's King Street.

The Out There Festival 2010 is a Synergy event, which supports healthy lifestyles and the active involvement of all people in Norfolk in the lead up to London 2012.

Synergy is part of 'Norfolk Celebrating Talent - looking forward to 2012', the countywide partnership to make the most of the opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In essence, we love being Out There! Out on the east coast, we think we're a little bit special - perched on the edge of the UK and tipping a wink to the continent! Out There brings all communities together to celebrate international cultures and offers a sense of the weird, the wonderful and the unusual. We hope you enjoy!

SeaChange Arts & Out There Team:

Chief Executive

Joe Mackintosh

Executive Director

Sarah James

Event Manager

Mikey Martins

Production Manager

John Marshall Potter

Creative Producer

Laurie Miller-Zutshi

Volunteer Coordinator

Corrina Giles

Projects Assistant

Rebecca Clayton

Communications Manager

Darren Cross

Marketing Assistant

David Jones

Thanks to...

The Out There festival is the product of the hard work of many individuals and organisations who have come together to stage a world class festival of street arts and circus. We'd like to pay particular thanks to the following people and partners without whom it wouldn't be possible:

Great Yarmouth Borough Council for their support and assistance from officers of various service teams including: Tourism, Culture, Sport & Leisure, Regeneration, Environment, Neighbourhood Management, Licensing, Health & Safety, Cultural Diversity, Conservation, Economic Development and Enterprise.

Our grateful thanks go to all on the Great Yarmouth Events Safety Advisory Group for their help and support in planning Out There and to Europcar for rehearsal space.

We'd also like to thank the contributions made to the festival by Anne Severino and Kelly Studd, Extended Schools Co-ordinators for the Caister and Flegg Cluster and to Girl Guiding Norfolk - celebrating their centenary this year, for their collaboration with our firework finalé.

The SeaChange team would like to express our enormous appreciation for the kind and generous support of all the ZEPA partners - merci a tous!

A big thank you too to all the artists and groups who helped decorate the park with their fantastic fabrications:

Bridget Heriz and families and young people from Martham Trinity Surestart Children's Centre; Ormesby Junior School and Caister High School; Ali Mackenzie and adults from the Inspire Youth Club for Over 25s; Kate Munro and families and young people from Flegg High School, Rollesby Pavilion, Martham Youth and Community Centre and Martham Trinity Surestart Children's Centre; Johnny White and students from Great Yarmouth College BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art & Design; Chris Day and the Princes Trust.