It was a privilege to be asked to deliver an audio version of a new book by Helen Trevaskis. ‘Hope for Cornwall’ is a book created by Homes for Cornwall, a collaboration of influential individuals who want to see the housing crisis in Cornwall tackled. The book is...
A creative community project exploring climate, identity, and the future of Newquay Reflecting on Newquay’s Present to Imagine Its Future In April 2022, Blystra Arts launched Snapshots in Time, a community arts project celebrating Newquay’s people, places, and...
Since 2023 Blystra Arts have attended Arts on the Beach, with both their making space and pedal powered off-grid energy system, enhancing the festival in 2023 with their “Bubble Bike Boogie.”
Dec 2020 – The Grand Old Oak Summer 2021 – Space Summer sessions Dec 2021 – Morgawr July 2021 – Space Summer Storytelling Session. In 2020 and 2021 Blystra Arts secured a number of commissions from Cornwall Space, Action for Children’s...
Following on from our Artistic Director, Ellen’s collaboration with St Petrocs charity for homeless people a few years before, Blystra were asked to provide some theatre for the St Petrocs Carol Service in 2018. Jamie Gregory was a poem written by Ellen, set to...
Alongside Newquay Town Council, Blystra Arts delivered a Family Day on Killacourt in Newquay. There was the “Bubble-Bike Boogie”, Newquay Town Team, Beach Guardian and Blystra craft activities. We were also very pleased to welcome Craig from Squashbox Theatre who...