Art & culture
Jersey Arts Centre
Jersey Arts Centre exists to foster the development and celebration of the arts island-wide and beyond. To enrich the quality of life for all residents and visitors. To encourage participation in the performing, visual and literary arts. To educate, inspire and to encourage debate.
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This is achieved by providing exciting, innovative, wide-ranging, challenging, professional and community arts in welcoming, high-quality and accessible environments. Home to theatrical performances, concerts and even film nights - check the website for the most up to date diary of events. The Jersey Arts Centre is located in the north east corner of St. Helier, just down from the Millennium Park.
We are open all year round.
- Indoor
- Family friendly
- Couples
- Wheelchair access
- Parking
- Accessible toilets
- Lift or stairlift
- Partial wheelchair access
- Partially suitable for visitors with limited mobility
- Suitable for visitors with limited mobility
Location
Jersey Arts Centre
Philips Street
Jersey
St. Helier
JE2 4SW
Offers and events
Kaye Nicholson: (C)literature
In this emotive piece, Kaye explores the works of sapphic literature which made their mark and shaped her identity as a queer woman growing up in the Island; the themes shared between those pieces, and how sapphic voices have echoed through the centuries to inspire, connect with and embolden queer women to be who they are. Suitable for 14 years +
Oct 07 2023
Amici Artium: Maxwell Quartet
The Maxwell Quartet is now firmly regarded as one of Britain’s finest young string quartets, with a strong connection to their folk music heritage and a commitment to bringing together wide-ranging projects and programmes to expend the string quartet repertoire.
Nov 14 2023
Forced Entertainment: If All Else Fails
Performed with Chimutengwende and Cathy Naden, a founder member of Forced Entertainment, the piece is a dialogue of speech and movement, questions and answers. If All Else Fails brings together two powerful forces in the contemporary theatre scene to create a perplexing and original exploration of new territory.
Nov 15 2023 ‐ Nov 16 2023
The Sound of Music
The hills are alive this festive season as Jersey Arts Centre presents its eighth Community Christmas Production – the perennial family favourite, The Sound of Music! Don’t miss the most beloved stage musical of all time this Christmas.
Dec 08 2023 ‐ Dec 22 2023
ArtsCentreTheatre: 8 by 12
ArtsCentreTheatre (ACT) presents an evening of original duologues, written, directed and performed by members of the group – set on one (or more) of three stages measuring eight feet by twelve feet. This production will include adult subject matter and strong language. Suitable for 16 years +
Nov 08 2023 ‐ Nov 11 2023
Richard Jordan Productions: Lash
It’s the weekend and time to hit the town, to go ‘out out’. Part gig, part theatre, and just in time for last orders. Lash takes us on a booze-fuelled adrenaline rush, through bustling streets and bouncing clubs, where big tunes and mad characters collide. Suitable for 16 years +
Nov 03 2023 ‐ Nov 04 2023
Richard Jordan Productions: Joe & Jack
The World Premiere of a new play in progress about growing up, childhood, and the shows you make when imagination knew no bounds! Finding their older selves drifting apart, two brothers step back in time to discover how meeting your younger self can still hold significance when moving forward in life. Suitable for 12 years +
Nov 03 2023 ‐ Nov 04 2023
Human Rights Festival: Delikado
Three environmental defenders are tested like never before in their battle to save their home, Palawan, an island in the Philippines, from the illegal destruction of its forests, fisheries and mountains. Bobby, Tata and Nieves, three magnetic leaders, risk their lives to stop corporations and governments plundering valuable natural resources.
Oct 21 2023
Human Rights Festival: Seven Winters in Tehran
In 2007, Reyhaneh Jabbari was sentenced to death for the murder of a man who tried to assault her. The efforts undertaken by her family and supporters are highlighted in this documentary, revealing the oppression of women in Iran and the risks taken by those who defend them. Contains descriptions of sexual violence, imprisonment and torture.
Oct 20 2023
Human Rights Festival: Silent Love
Aga is trying to legally adopt her teenage brother, Milosz, after the death of their mother; a process that involves intense probing from authorities into her personal life. However, what she can’t share in her conservative Polish village is her relationship with her girlfriend, Maja. Contains some offensive language.
Oct 18 2023
Human Rights Festival: When Spring Came To Bucha
In March 2022, Russian troops withdrew from a small town in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. This confronting documentary depicts the citizens of Bucha emerging from their homes to clean their streets, rebuild their town, and face the future after grief. Contains images and audio of a war zone, including brief and partial images of covered bodies.
Oct 19 2023
Amici Artium: Ariel Lanyi (Piano)
Over the last year Ariel returned to Wigmore Hall, the Miami International Piano Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. He undertook a tour of Argentina and gave recitals in the Homburg MeisterKonzert series in Germany, the Menton Festival in France, Perth Concert Hall (broadcast by BBC Radio 3), and across the UK.
Oct 16 2023
Tango Calor
Tango Calor is one of the most exciting tango bands currently performing in the UK. The trio was started by bandoneon player Mirek Salmon in 2016, with jazz pianist and composer Daan Temmink and Cuban vocal sensation Indira Roman.
Oct 14 2023
Ballet d’Jerri: Carte Blanche
The dancers of Ballet d’Jerri present Carte Blanche, a performance specially curated by the artists themselves. This programme flips the perspective of programming, allowing the dancers a Carte Blanche to speak for themselves in the language they understand best.
Oct 11 2023
An Evening With Bunker Hill
Enjoy a showcase of music written and performed by a number of original members of one of Jersey’s longstanding bands together with some special guests. This fundraising concert is supporting the work of Jersey Arts Centre and The Robert Tilling Concert Series.
Oct 06 2023
Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee
Crack out the bunting! It’s Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee. Over twenty-five years, Luke Wright has built up a reputation for being one of Britain’s most popular live poets. He has won an unprecedented four Saboteur Awards (national awards for spoken word), a Stage Award, and a Fringe First.
Oct 05 2023
The Canny Band
The Canny Band are Michael Biggins (BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2021), Sam Mabbett and Callum Convoy: a rare fusion of piano, diatonic button accordion and bodhran. The trio cook up an expert, effervescent mix of trad-based material with borrowings from classical, jazz and beyond.
Sep 30 2023
Indigo Moon – Learning To Dance
Spero is on a journey to the moon, a young person ruminates and Wayne learns to dance. After the success of his debut solo show Chrome Yellow, Wayne Stewart returns with a new introspective play born out of his own aversion to dance.
Sep 28 2023 ‐ Sep 29 2023
Chloë Hanslip (Violin) + Danny Driver (Piano)
Chloë Hanslip has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut at 14, her US concerto debut at 15, and has performed at major venues in the UK and Europe, as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre.
Sep 26 2023
JFoW – Ana Sampson: Night Feeds and Morning Songs
Join local poet Traci O’Dea in-conversation with acclaimed anthologist Ana Sampson. This poignant collection of raw and captivating poems explores the journey of motherhood, from pregnancy to empty nests.
Sep 23 2023
JFoW – Ana Sampson: Demystifying Publicity
Ana has worked as a book publicist for 20+ years and is also an author, so she speaks with the experience and knowledge of both. Join her as she spills the beans on the role of the Publicity department in a publishing house and how you can promote your own books.
Sep 23 2023
JFoW – Sophie Pavelle: Forget Me Not
Join Sophie Pavelle in conversation with local ecologist John Pinel during the Jersey Festival of Words. Her funny and insightful book Forget Me Not charts her low-carbon journey across Britain travelling on foot, by bicycle, electric car, kayak, ferry, and train.
Sep 23 2023
JFoW – Cathy Rentzenbrink: Writing Workshop
The Joy and Pain of Editing - Editing is both painful and joyous. In this session Cathy Rentzenbrink will share the strategies that help her move quickly through the pain and into the joy.
Sep 23 2023
JFoW – Words of Women
Through the words of women in poems, letters and extracts, Susanna MacRae (soprano and Royal College of Music graduate) and pianist Claire Habbershaw (pianist and Guildhall Scholar) explore the relationship between music and literature.
Sep 23 2023
JFoW – Michael Morpurgo: Tales of Shakespeare
Michael Morpurgo, in his inimitable warm and accessible style, introduces his wonderful collection of Shakespeare retellings. This is the perfect introduction to the Bard and an unmissable book for children.
Sep 24 2023
JFoW – Anna Murphy: Destination Fabulous
The Times' Fashion Director Anna Murphy’s empowering new book Destination Fabulous is a celebration of inner beauty, whilst offering a kind and balanced approach to ageing.
Sep 24 2023
JFoW – Writing Workshop: Capturing Characters
Christine Buckland is a teacher and writer based in Jersey. During the session, participants will engage with a variety of activities: exchanging ideas through group exploration, analysis and fictional character building.
Sep 24 2023
JFoW – Katie Carr: Moderate Becoming Good Later
Written by Toby's sister Katie from his extensive notes and recordings after his untimely death, Moderate Becoming Good Later is both an epic adventure - sometimes choppy, constantly moving - and a personal voyage of discovery that includes old friends and new, plenty of wildlife, and the ever-present sea.
Sep 24 2023
Jersey Festival of Words
This year's annual literary event will run from 15-24 September and promotes a love of the written and spoken word across our community in a variety of styles and settings, as well as welcoming internationally-renowned authors to our beautiful island.
Sep 16 2023 ‐ Sep 24 2023
