It’s Time launch event – You’re invited

18th June 2019By Sally FlemonsNews

IT’S TIME BOOK LAUNCH Talk 5pm-6pm followed by drinks til 7pm-ish WEDNESDAY 3 JULY, ALPHABETTI THEATRE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FREE ENTRY. How do you make experimental art projects that are inclusive and accessible to the core?   Join Wunderbar’s Ilana Mitchell and Karl …

Great & Tiny War is best event Tyneside

17th June 2019By Sally FlemonsNews

Amazing news. Great & Tiny War won Best Event Tyneside in this year’s Journal and Gazette Culture Awards. We’re over the moon that Bobby Baker’s brilliant work has been recognised in this way. With Bobby’s approval, we dedicate this award …

It’s Time – New book unpicks Live Art

13th March 2019By Sally FlemonsNews

Wunderbar and the Live Art Development Agency have co-published a new book of Live Art case studies highlighting projects and initiatives that are re-politicising and re-energising our arts spaces. It’s Time: How Live Art is taking on the world from the …

Q: What happens when a Thought Bubble Bursts?

11th July 2017By Sally FlemonsNews

A: Good question. We’re on a mission to find out, as we’re pleased to announce that we’ve been awarded a Grant for the Arts from Arts Council England (ACE) for Thought Bubbles, our next phase of provocative, philosophical, participative and …

Ball games allowed in Burmontofts

12th August 2016By Sally FlemonsNews

Play Ball is a playful, public, football-pitch-creating one-day event. Part pop-up, part flash mob, part crop circle, it’s a simple way for a group of people to create a proper football pitch on an available area of public land in …

A million miles away

8th September 2015By Sally FlemonsBlog: What if... No Comments

Gemma Paintin, Co-artistic Director of Action Hero, gives us a flavour for the upcoming Natural Selection performance with an account of a not-very-ordinary invitation to visit Jim (he’s the one pictured right, Rob is on his left with the pants …

Edicures on offer at The Urban Village Fete

8th May 2015By Sally FlemonsNews No Comments

Wunderbar’s deliciously different edicures will be available at Greenwich’s Urban Village Féte this Sunday. Our artistic director, Ilana Mitchell, will be personally pampering féte-goers with these biodegradable, delicious, unisex, non-toxic, non-permanent fashion accessories – easy, fun-to-remove alternatives to traditional nail …

How to review a human book

17th October 2014By Sally FlemonsNews No Comments

The legendary Human Library is about to open its doors in Bedfordshire and Newcastle. In Bedfordshire, the shelves are bulging with gripping stories waiting to be read including Lazy Single Mother, Lonely Gays in the Village and Happy To Be …

Will you do business with a Wunderbiz?

15th May 2014By Sally FlemonsNews No Comments

Wunderbar is poised to launch Wunderbiz, its playfully disruptive and alternative approach to business models and structures. Wunderbiz’s first outing will be at the Thinking Digital Conference at Sage Gateshead, from 20 – 22 May. Thinking Digital is billed as …

November newsletter

5th November 2013By Sally FlemonsNews No Comments

The No Festival Festival Dear Wunderbar allies, It’s November, so we’ve realised it’s two years since our last official festival. Which would be strange, if we weren’t so adrenaline-fuelled and fizzing with activity. So we while we still think and …