MAKING BRILLIANT CREATIVE THINGS HAPPEN, TOGETHER
Photo: Matt Cooper
About us
ARCADE is a charitable community producing company based in Scarborough and Bridlington, led by Rach Drew and Sophie Drury-Bradey. We think everyone is creative and we believe culture belongs to everyone.
Our mission is to
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Enable our community and artists to co-create high quality cultural experiences which catalyse positive social change
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Activate confidence and agency through creativity in children & young people
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Inspire and enable working class women & girls to reach their full potential
We do this through creative projects, workshops, shows, festivals and events. Hear more about the ARCADE story so far from Rach and Sophie on our blog.
Our Values
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Access: what we do and the way we do it is inclusive and accessible
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Transparency: operating with a fair and transparent process
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Creativity: putting artists at the heart of what we do
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Community-led: people, their ideas, passions and campaigns
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Diversity: we value different lived experiences
If you want to get in touch, email info@hello-arcade.com or use the link below. The team are part time so please bear with us if we don't respond immediately:
Where We Work
While we predominantly work across the Scarborough Borough and Bridlington, we also produce work throughout the Yorkshire region, and across the UK with our national partners.
The Team
Rach Drew
Co-Director
Shannon Barker
Assistant Producer
Ysabelle Wombwell
Inclusion Associate
Sarah Lesser-Moor
Marketing Consultant
Sophie Drury-Bradey
Co-Director
Jen Burdon
Trainee Producer
Kelsie Acton
Access Associate
You,
Our Community
Trustees
Lara Taylor (Co-Chair)
Engagement Producer for the National Theatre’s Public Acts Programme
Jo Crowley (Co-Chair)
Executive Producer, 1927
Mel Bonney-Kane
CEO Coast & Vale Community Action
Tom Stephenson
External Funding Officer, North York Moors National Park Authority
Nadia Emam
Director, Poet, Actor
Sounding Board
Heather Niven
Artist / Musician / Previously Head of Science City York
Lisa Power
Head of Education and Participation, York Minster
Jayne Shipley
Functional Skills Tutor and Job Coach, Blueberry Academy / Writer and Poet
Lee Taylor
Library Manager - Development, North Yorkshire Library Services
Ysabelle Wombwell
Project worker and Access and Inclusivity Lead – Can Do Project, The Warren Youth Project, Hull / Member of Black and Dual Heritage Committee, Hull
Funders and Partners
Thank you to our funders, partners & collaborators.
Click on the logos below to find out more about them.
We are proud members of
We are an Associate Company of the Stephen Joseph Theatre
