the company
iPAN Performing Arts North is born out a shared vision; to provide the best possible experience of the combined performing arts — music, dance and drama — and ensure that the experience of excellence is accessible to everyone.
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The company’s artistic vision arises out of close collaboration and synthesis of ideas amongst our team, to create imaginative, innovative, exciting, engaging and relevant theatre that defies easy categorisation. Alongside artistic creation is the team’s passion for encouraging, inspiring and enabling the next generation to engage with and participate in the performing arts. Engaging not just for those with an easy pathway in; we have actively worked to bring down the barriers that prevent participation, helping those who might not believe they have a place in the arts to find their voice.
We are based in Blackburn; primarily serving the community of Blackburn with Darwen, but extending into surrounding Lancashire and North Manchester. The iPAN team is extremely excited to explore creativity in our local community, and to develop skills, technique & creativity with young people drawn from this community.
our vision, our mission
We passionately believe that cultural capital is for all; that everyone, from any background or environment, has a place within a great and shared artistic/cultural tradition. We believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to make a contribution to this tradition.
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It is our desire to break down the barriers that prevent individuals from all parts of our community from experiencing great performance, whether as audience, participant or performer.
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In light of this, part of our mission is to actively provide opportunity for less represented members of our community to engage with performance at all levels.
our people
The Creative team
