Community arts festival under way this weekend

Dearne Community Arts Festival rund today (Friday) and Saturday, in and around Dearne Playhouse.

Click here for a full timetable of the festival’s events.

Exhibitors will demonstrate their creative passions with galleries and have-a-go classes, with something to suit all tastes.

In a marquee outside the theatre, Dearne Valley Camera Club and local artists will display their work.

On Saturday they will be joined by a model aircraft club and a karaoke session.

Indoors will be a gallery of paintings — acrylic, oil, graffiti, face and body — showcasing the talent of Dearne Valley artists.

Crafts on display will include soft furnishing, mask-making, cross-stitch and cake decoration, alongside poetry and more photography.

Other demonstrations will include floristy, spinning, massage and creative writing — led by poet Ian McMillan, the Bard of Barnsley.

Singing, music and dance performances will grace the theatre’s stage — including two have-a-go swing dance workshops from RotherHop.

The Rotherham-based dance collective invites everyone to try a sequence dance at 1pm on Friday and some partner dance at 3.30pm on Saturday.

Click here for a full timetable of the festival’s events.