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Sessions Arts creates joyful experiences for audiences and communities. Our work includes:
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Producing high-quality events and community engagement projects.
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Making acts and artworks for bookings and touring in the UK and beyond.
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Delivering an all year-round programme of creative development and events in our home, in Lincolnshire.
By growing and inspiring audiences and creative people, we aim to make our place, and yours, a better place to live and visit, unlocking joy wherever we go!
We make stuff and we make stuff happen!
Our Story
Sessions Arts began in 2016 in the small rural town of Spilsby in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, driven by the ethos that culture should not just be the preserve of bigger towns and cities.
Originally established to support the 'Spilsby Sessions House Project', we campaigned for Spilsby's dilapidated theatre (a Grade II listed former courthouse) to be saved and transformed. Spilsby Sessions House will now open in 2027 following a £6m captial works project which has been supported by Central Government, Historic England and East Lindsey District Council. Sessions Arts will be a resident company, based in the new cultural venue and creation centre when it opens.
With support from Arts Council England, UKSPF and East Lindsey District Council we have been able to grow Sessions Arts and develop its role and focus. Since 2019 we have delivered 5 Spilsby Light Nights, 3 Horncastle Horse Fairs, 5 Festive Fabuloso local mini-tours, 2 Lightwaves events (for Storytellers NPO); initiated 'All Rise' our creative development programme; developed 6 new acts and artworks; and we have also provided production services for local authorities and other organisations.
In 2025 our work included:
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5 events delivered
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21 bookings of work generated
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15 locations activated
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144 artists and creatives supported
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16,100 audience members reached
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22 workshops delivered
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694 community participants engaged
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1 co-commission produced
We continue to invest in developing the relationships and skills necessary for Sessions Arts to play a key role in the cultural ecology of East Lindsey and Lincolnshire, with the long-term aim of producing touring work in the UK and Europe, which has been proudly “made in Spilsby".
Who are we?
From finance to frolicking, Sessions Arts is a collective of people with the wide range of skills and experience required to achieve the shared mission of making stuff and making stuff happen! We collaborate on a project‑by‑project basis, bringing together brilliant freelancers and specialist companies, in whatever combination each project needs to make things happen well. As a Community Interest Company (CIC), we are guided by a dedicated board of Directors who provide thoughtful oversight and help keep our work purposeful, sustainable, and community‑focused.
Creative Management team
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Bruce Knight - Creative Director/CEO creativeknight.co.uk
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Simon Hollingworth - Freelance Creative Producer mrholly.co.uk
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Jo Dobbs - Freelance Creative Producer
CIC Board of Directors
Kevin Lockyer (Chair), Bruce Knight, Elizabeth Atkin, Tracey Robson
Artists, Creatives &
Collaborative Partners
People we have worked with include:
Alex Flanagan - Creative Director, Performer & Creative Tech
Lumo Workshop - Artists/Makers, Community Engagement, makers of 'Pegasus' & 'Green Lady' lumoworkshop.com
Creative Heights - Aerial Performance, Circus Arts creative-heights.co.uk
Emma Nichols - Creative Management Team, Circus Arts Co-ordinator
Earthbound Misfits - Street Theatre & Circus Arts earthboundmisfits.co.uk
Rhubarb Theatre - Street Theatre rhubarbtheatre.co.uk
Will Lindley - Digital Artist ('Drift' & 'Horse Fair' commissions) www.williamlindley.co.uk
Dave Cranmer - Artist & Engineer, maker of the 'Fabuloso Organ' nervoussquirrel.com
Cat Anderson - Creative Management Team, Producer
Hannah Peacock, Mishap Theatre Artist/Maker & Street Theatre facebook.com/MishapTheatre
Peachy Events - Creative Tech Support, Design & Supply facebook.com/peachyevents
Popcorn Media - Creative Tech Support, Design & Supply popcorn-media.co.uk
Gemma Wood - Artist, Light Art Installation being-nowhere.com
Electric Egg - Digital Artists, Animation & Video Production electricegg.co.uk
Pif Paf - Street Theatre and Light Art Installations pif-paf.co.uk
Punjabi Roots Academy - Dhol Drummers, Dancers & DJs facebook.com/PunjabiRootsAcademy/
Matt Pang - Street Theatre Artist & Engineer, maker of Mr Holly's 'Newton-o-matic' mattpang.co.uk
Circo Rum Ba Ba - Street Theatre & Circus Arts circorumbaba.com
Casson & Friends - Street Theatre, Dance & Choreography www.cassonandfriends.com
MBD - Immersive Digital Artists VR & AR www.mbd.limited
Maisie Shiplee - Artist/Maker/Creative instagram.com/maisieshiplee
Grubby Knees - Community Theatre facebook.com/grubbyknees
Lauren Williams, Firefly - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre facebook.com/Lauren-Williams-Firefly
Tom Cat Flowz - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre instagram.com/tomcatflowz
Andy Ayre - Performing Artist, Street Theatre
Martin Bignell - Performing Artist, Street Theatre
Grace Byrne - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Adele White - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Gemma Cain - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Diane Mattheson - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Alison Jay - Performing Artist, Singer
Oskar McIntoch - Performing Artist, Musician
Elouise Linton - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Kaiya Harrison - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Rio Willet - Performing Artist, Circus & Street Theatre
Alice Kinloch - Performing Artist, Street Theatre
Phil Crow - Photography philcrow.com/portfolio/theatre/
Joseph Richardson - Artist, 'All Rise' puppetry workshops lead
Barret Hodgson, Vent Media - Digital Artists Projection Mapping ventmedia.co.uk
Tom Dale Company - Dance & Digital Art Projection tomdale.org.uk
Mohammed Ali MBE, Souls City Arts - Digital Art & community engagement www.soulcityarts.com
Folk Dance Remixed - Dance, Music, DJs folkdanceremixed.com
Jamie Hawker, Fyr Garden - fire installations/performance fyr-garden.co.uk
Fettle & Fable Theatre Street Theatre fettleandfable.com
Illuminos - Digital Art & Projection
Designs in Air - Inflatable sculpture
Impossible Theatre - Digital Art, light art
Artizani - Street Theatre and Installations
Theatre Illuminaire - Street Theatre
Babbling Vagabonds - Digital Art Projection & Theatre
Emergency Exit Arts - Street Theatre & light art
Altered States - Street Theatre
Illumaphonium - Light Art Installations
Dizzy O'Dare - Street Theatre
Image Skool - Graffitti Art and community engagement
Q Lights - Light Art Installations
Simon Le Boggit - Digital Artist
Ben Sheehan - Digital Artist
Ensonglopedia - Theatre about science
Rebecca Cram, The Hub Dance Team - Dance & community engagement
Feet off the Ground - Dance & movement, 'All Rise' workshop lead
Alex Harvey - Ockham's Razor - Circus Theatre, 'All Rise' workshop lead
Kt Simpson - Copperdollar - Physical Theatre 'All Rise' workshop lead
Guillaume Pigé - Theatre Re - Physical Theatre 'All Rise' workshop lead
Ross Ashton, Projection Studio - Digital Artists
Fat Cat Brass - Performing Artists, Musicians
Can Samba - Performing Artists, Musicians
Dance Free - Dance & community engagement
Sean Atkinson - Videography
Boston College - Digital Art Projection
Shenanigans - Street Theatre
Jake Joyce - Visual Artist
Graham Elstone - Visual Artist
Jo Hollingworth - Visual Artist, illustration
Tom Hollingworth - Visual Artist, graphic design
Joanne Pass - Visual Artist
Chris Clark - Visual Artist
Emma Chippendale - Visual Artist, illustartion
Kiaren Brennan, DJ
Kevin Lockyer, DJ
Louise Wilde, DJ
James Clark, DJ
Alex Conran, DJ
Chistina & Robin - Smoke & Mirrors Swing Dance
Sherrif Ants Trepaneur - Performing Artist, Musician
Outdoor Cats - Performing Artists, Musicians
Mike Wisdom - Performing Artist, Musician
Peter Lorimer - Performing Artist, Musician
Emillia Zirker - Creative management
Charley Lyzell - Visual Artist
