IRIE! dance theatre based at the Moonshot Centre in New Cross, London Borough of Lewisham is celebrating today after being awarded £397,040 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. IRIE! dance theatre will use the funding to develop its capacity to expand and sustain its thriving community and education programmes locally and at its base at the Moonshot centre. The project entitled Moonshot Community will provide

Beverley Glean MBE, CEO & Artistic Director, IRIE! dance theatre It is with great sadness, that I am sharing this tragic news. On Wednesday, April 13th 2022, just before 4pm, there was a fatal stabbing of a young man aged 16 outside Moonshot. We inside the building and members of the public looked on anxiously, while we all witnessed a skilled team of paramedics carry out lifesaving procedures, which ultimately failed to save the energy of a spirit at the early stages of beco

IRIE! dance theatre is ready to participate, and celebrate with Lewisham as we become the Mayor of London’s Borough of Culture 2022 (LBOC). We played our part, as an organisation in helping to secure the award. Nevertheless, IRIE! congratulates London Borough of Lewisham on its amazing efforts and steadfastness on becoming BOC. We were delighted to be approached by LBOC bid writing team from very early on, along with other arts, cultural and voluntary groups and organisati

If you are struggling in finding new ways to support your children during homeschool, we have got your back! Our Online Saturday School sessions are designed to assist children & young people, Key Stages 1-4 in Maths, English and Black History. Lockdown have brought additional challenges to parents having to home school their children. So, in an attempt to respond to the frustrations of our users, IRIE! decided to create an online space where local families could engage in ge