Halstock Community Arts
Halstock village has, to the delight of audiences from local communities, regularly welcomed superb professional arts companies from all over the UK, and further afield.
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Welcome to Halstock Community Arts
Halstock Community Arts Awards 2026
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To the Artsreach volunteers and trustees,
2025 saw our charity celebrate 35 years of working in partnership with you, our amazing volunteers, and we want to continue enriching the lives of people living in Dorset by providing access to creative and cultural experiences for another 35 years and beyond - fundraising campaigns like this provide us with much needed support.
We hope that you will be able to support Artsreach by:
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liking and sharing content we post on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Artsreachdorset/
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sharing news about the Big Give with your audiences and supporters
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considering making a donation here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000AdCBdYAN
Any support you can give will be greatly appreciated.
About Us
The village of Halstock has been home to amateur and professional theatre in some shape or form for many years and was one of the first places to host a performance on behalf of the fledgling Artsreach organisation that is now so familiar to us here in Dorset.
The late Pamela Lemmey, who was an active member of the Halstock WI drama group, was one of the first volunteers to take up the challenge of promoting for Artsreach at it's inception in March 1990, supporting music, drama and dance performances in the village hall and occasionally the church. Since then, the village has, to the delight of audiences from local communities, regularly welcomed superb professional arts companies from all over the UK, and further afield.
In addition to Artsreach shows, the village has enjoyed productions from local drama groups: first The Frome Valley Players followed by Halstock Community Theatre (HCT). Halstock Community Theatre took over the role of promoting Artsreach events and in 2023 HCT set up a bursary programme to provide support to local artists. In 2024 the group made the decision to change their name to Halstock Community Arts which it was felt better reflects the group's aims and activities.
