It’s Tuesday 24 August and I am about to do a workshop webinar as part of Fringe Connect, the professional development programme run by Edinburgh Festival Fringe. […]

So you’re a Producer, or you think you might be or want to be, and you want to understand how to find the right artists and projects to work on, ones that will fit your skills and pique your interests, that fit with your values and offer appropriate rewards. […]

In late 2020 at an online Producers networking event, organised by Daisy Hale and Benjamin Monks, I suggested something I’d been thinking and doodling about for a while, that instead of us as an industry trying to create a database of answers […]

We worked with Erin and the team at Doorstep Arts in Torbay for seven years as part of the Collaborative Touring Network. We’ve learned so much and been frequently inspired by the rigour and beauty of Doorstep’s work, as well as always loved to visit Torbay. […]

Pippa Stacey is a chronically ill writer and blogger from Yorkshire. She currently splits her time between content creation in the charity sector, writing articles and opinion pieces for various publications, […]

We have been catching up with some of the people we’ve worked with in the past, hope you enjoy this series as much as we’ve done creating it. “I got involved with Luxi’s projects when I was 14, and met Caroline [….]

The Inaccessibility of the Future (or, What To Do When You Just Can’t Zoom). There are incredible articles in the internet-verse about Zoom fatigue, about access, about connectivity for those where physical access to space was impossible, […]

Leila set up a new community in the form of a facebook page called Tyne and Wear Cultural Freelancers in March 2020, it was received like hot cakes. Here she talks about how and why and what. […]

Community – an inspiring conversation about participation, purpose and passion. Recorded on 21 March 2020, marking one year since the Tyne and Wear Cultural Freelancers online community was launched, a birthday party of sorts; a conversation celebrating the value of community, […]

Fear of failure and perspective – an inspiring conversation with Paul James. This time we talk to Paul James, Senior Creative Associate Children and Young People at Live Theatre, Newcastle about […]

Equity and privilege – an inspiring conversation about failure with Nadia Iftkhar. Leila and Caroline are joined by choreographer, Nadia Iftkhar, Artistic Director of Company of Others for an insightful chat […]

Failure and value: PRESS ON FOR SUCCESS – an inspiring conversation with Stella Hall . This time Leila and Caroline are joined by Stella Hall for our first guest conversation about failure. Stella runs Festival of Thrift, […]

From 2013-2019 Luxi ran Jabberwocky Market pop-up theatre events in partnership with London’s renowned Battersea Arts Centre & eight national partners who shared a vision for a nation where everyone has inspiring art and culture on their doorstep.

When we first established Jabberwocky Markets, they were set up as festivals. We love festivals, they are events that include a load of brilliant things all happening in some way together, they bring artists and audiences together […]

Mobility and Change, 2019, featuring Caroline Williams, artist and creator of the show Now Is The Time To Say Nothing and Fran Wood, founder of the charity Darlington Assistance for Refugees, chaired by Caroline Pearce; taking place at Darlington’s Quaker Meeting House. […]

“The producer of Jabberwocky Market, Caroline Pearce has organised for DAR, Darlington Assistance for Refugees, to be at the end of every showing of Now Is The Time To Say Nothing, […]

“With little over a week until the 12th Heads Up Festival, producer Dave Windass shares what’s on his mind. My advice to wannabe producers, event organisers and promoters is fairly consistent: “Never organise anything, ever.” […]

Great Access is When Disability seems to Disappear… Worth Taking a Risk? To mark Disabled Access Day 2019, (Saturday 16 March) Kerami Roberts is back with more insights into how spaces and venues can make her feel […]

BIG Little Gigs was born out of a conversation between myself and Caroline (Luxi, Jabberwocky Market). One gloomy morning chatting over coffee and finding myself in an unfocussed state, […]

Jabberwocky Market as a project has been described as something for people in a space of transition, which is exactly where I was in 2014. I had returned to Darlington after completing my degree in Fine Art at Newcastle University […]

Featuring Miriam Sherwood and Thom Andrewes from the show Rendezvous in Bratislava, and Jade Byrne, associate artist and creator of Pricks, chaired by Kerami Roberts; taking place at Polam School’s Liddiard Theatre foyer. […]

Hello! I’m Kerami and I have just joined the Luxi team to help create better information about access for our venues. I am passionate that information is key to audience members when planning their visit, […]

Tomorrow morning I start rehearsals for Pricks. Pricks is the first piece of theatre I have ever written and performed by myself. Pricks is about Type 1 Diabetes and my almost 29 years of living with it, […]

This week (June 2017), I was given the opportunity to shadow Caroline Pearce, producer of Jabberwocky Market and director of Luxi, as part of my work experience. Apprehensive as I was at the beginning of the week, […]

Featuring artists Kirsty Harris and Hazel Anderson, Ed Patrick aka Kid Carpet and chaired by Miranda Thain of Theatre Hullabaloo; taking place in Paines Plough’s Roundabout venue, on location in Darlington’s market square. […]

Featuring artists Kirsten Luckins, Joe Sellman-Leava, Rhiannon Armstrong, Conrad Murray and Will Taylor, chaired by Steve Gilroy of Northumbria University and Live Theatre; taking place in Polam School’s Liddiard Theatre. […]

Realising that its audience members were all in ‘a stage of transition’ was a revolutionary moment for Jabberwocky Market. Caroline Pearce explains why. As a producer I have worked across the country […]

Featuring business leader Haani Hasnain, Bill Vince from Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre’s David Jubb and chaired by renowned writer and thinker, Maddy Costa; taking place in Be Premiere hair salon. […]

Descrip“It’s been 12 months, to the weekend, since I last visited Darlington, and its Jabberwocky Market. It was wet then, with Fun Palaces fighting gamely against the weather in gazebos by the indoors market, a damp walk […]

In spring 2015 we had another discussion event on the topic of Touring and how great that is for the artists who do it and the audiences around the country, featuring director Amy Golding, producer Katie Duffy, […]

“Darlington’s biannual small-scale theatre festival amasses extra significance this month given the horrifying blaze which tore through parts of Battersea Arts Centre less than two weeks ago, one of Jabberwocky’s main partners. […]

How Social Conflict Affects the Development of Theatre, featuring Nir Paldi from Theatre Ad Infinitum with artist Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh and chaired by Stella Hall, Director of Festival of Thrift; taking place in Voodoo Cafe, Darlington. […]

“When Darlington Arts Centre was under threat in 2010, Lyn Gardner issued a dire warning, cautioning that ‘It will not only starve its population, and in particular its children,[…]

At the heart of New Theatre in Your Neighbourhood is a question: how do we ensure that it’s not a selfish endeavour, something that only helps Fuel tour better, failing to impact on theatre more widely? […]

Ella Tuck was brought up in Barnard Castle and moved to Darlington recently. She is keen to be part of the rich future of arts and theatre in the town. “I’ve always had a passion for the arts and creative industry, […]

Alison Nicholson attended the Fundraising training we ran in 2013 with The Management Centre and support from Creative Darlington. When we heard what a great job she has done since then, we were keen to read what she has to say. […]

Featuring artists Will Dickie, Jo Hellier, John Berkavitch with chair Lynda Winstanley, Director of Darlington Civic Theatre; taking place in the Conservatory Bar of the Civic Theatre. […]

During Christmas 2012 I had the idea for a piece, inspired by listening to a lot of Celtic music and coming across lots of visual inspiration. I began to research Celtic tales, folk tales and fairy tales and started talking […]

This time last year I wrote about how much the company had developed and all the things we were hoping to achieve in 2013. It was an action-packed, phenomenal year and we’re now looking ahead at another 12 months of exciting projects with wonderful artists. […]

Featuring Leandra Ashton and Marta Isabella Rizi from Flying Cloud Theatre, Jessica Latowicki and Christopher Brett Bailey from Made in China Theatre, chaired by Katy Milne, Director […]

As it has now become the custom, I write a blog when we’re just on the precipice of something unknown. Luxi has really gone from strength to strength over the past few months and in less than a week our first full blown festival […]

Hello, I’m Stan Hodgson. I’m an actor and theatre maker, Darlington born and bred. I’ve been working professionally in the North East for little under a year, and I’ve already been fortunate to meet a wealth […]

Luxi produces various events and continues to work with brilliant artists. We frequently offer the opportunity to emerging producers to intern or volunteer with us. In return for your help, you will gain insight and experience of producing a range of exciting […]

As a student studying, working and living within the art world, Creative Industries are a very important place to be involved. As part of my second year course at York St John University, we are required to find placement somewhere within […]

2012 was a great adventure; we established the company, worked with some extraordinary artists and travelled the world. 2013 feels like its going to be even better. […]