Bbeyond secures funding From NI Office Connect fund to develop NI--GB Performance Art network

Bbeyond is delighted to announce that  it has secured 1 year funding from the Northern Ireland Office to develop a NI-GB Performance Art Network  and Dormont Accounts to help develop the infrastructure of the organisation. As we celebrate 18 years of performance Art monthly's at the summer Solstice in Tipperary with Live Art Ireland, Tipperary, Xchange Dublin, Fite Faulte, Galway and P(art)y Here and Now Clare we link not only with our North, South connections but our East West ones. 

Our first kick off event is in Liverpool at Bidstone Observatory Art Research center organised by Performance Platform London where 10  Bbeyond members that live in Northern Ireland will connect with 15 arts/organizers around  GB for the weekend. Other people can attend on a daily basis to connect with workshops talks presentations and performances. Its a mark of  respect to the longevity's of Bbeyond as an organization that Ian Whitford and Rebecca Weeks that run Performance Platform London  specifically asked for workshops from Alastair MacLennan  and  James King and a presentation from Brian Patterson who has been the one constant in Bbeyond since inception.

The other partners in this year long series of East West Connections are Tactile Bosch, Wales , Dr Sandra Johnston, Lecturer at Belfast School of Art and head of Fine Art at the University of Creative Arts Canterbury Greig Burgoyne. Tactile Bosch are celebrating 25 years of existence in 2026 and Bbeyond will connect into some of those events as well as bringing some Welsh performance Artist's to Belfast  Other aspect of the program are still emerging and will be announced in due course.

New Commission Artists: Elaine McGinn , Sorcha Keeve and Christine Donaghy will be performing at the event. 

If you know of anyone around the Liverpool area 27th and 28th June who would like to attend the Bidston event there are a limited amount of free daily tickets available food and workshops for free .

Tickets here

Bronagh Lawson is now the programme manager to implement the programme with Zara Lyness in assistance. Rebecca Strain long term member of BBDB and past Bbeyond new commission is  the Chair We look forward to seeing what this new funding  and all the new connections brings to our members and know that this is a great next step in our evolution as an organisation. 

More details on Bidstone event here