The Care Weekender took place in Summer 2024. For three days, the festival took over Playhouse Square and filled it with free family friendly performances, music, creative workshops, a free community lunch table and health and wellbeing stalls.
The festival also featured the premiere of Harlow Cares, a film made with the local community, and the first outing of The Care We See, a new interactive outdoor show by Rhiannon Faith Company.
We are working with Harlow Playhouse and local organisations to deliver The Care House Project in 2025 and beyond. Please get in touch if you would like to get involved!
“I am really enjoying everything today.
Sharing community spirit..Thank you for everything you are doing for our community.”
“Beautiful to see thoughtful, multidisciplinary art with and for the Harlow community ❤️ ”
THE CARE HOUSE PROJECT STEERING GROUP
Klara Bow, Annie Carpenter, Sheri Dias, Sam French, Donna Glynn, Dave Hobbs, Marlie Fuentes Palacios, Catherine New, Anne Williams
TEAM
Artistic Director Rhiannon Faith · Executive Director Maddy Morgan · Producer Anna Dominian · Production Manager Josephine Tremelling · Technical Stage Manager Jon Calvert · Stage Manager Jemima De Marco · Audio Visual Consultant Pete Boatfield · Print Design Anne Van Den Boogaard · Security General Security Services Ltd, Video Big Egg Films · Photography Foteini Christofilopoulou
CARE WEEKENDER CONTRIBUTORS
Butterfly Effect Wellbeing, Community Embrace, Dance Fusion, Efua Sey Cultural Academy, Electric Voice Theatre, Employ-Ability, Find Your Active , Generation Circus, Harlow Art Trust’s Velo Artists , Harlow Council’s Wildspace! and Greenteam volunteers, Harlow Ukulele Group, Harlow Steelband Miniband, Hip Hop Pop, Matipo Arts , MIND in West Essex, Saffron, James and Phillipa, Sweat Harlow, The Trussell Trust , Voices of Harlow Choir and Volunteer Centre Harlow
CREDITS
The Care Weekender 2024 is presented by Rhiannon Faith Company and Harlow Playhouse, supported by The National Lottery and Arts Council England.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Care House Project works with the Harlow community to improve mental health and wellbeing, celebrate care and community, and provide hope for a better future.
