UPDATE!! Due to some unforeseen delays in our floor repair work, the Philip Astley Centre will remain closed until the third week of July. But the good news? We’ll be reopening on 25th July 2025 just in time to be part of the Newcastle Jazz & Blues Festival (25th–27th July)! We’re excited to be hosting…
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner | Andrew Van Buren – Director, Philip Astley Projects CIC Philip Astley Projects CIC is proud to announce that Director Andrew Van Buren has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council at the Borough Heroes Awards Ceremony hosted by Keele University in recognition of a lifetime in…
A year of the Philip Astley Centre Rounding off our Philip Astley Centre 1st anniversary celebrations was a constant ‘full house’ with people popping in throughout yesterday for our circus skills workshops, performances & Web Pixel coding sessions, plus slices of our unique Astley Cake. Visitors from Manchester, Birmingham, London, plus locally & Newcastle under…
Andrew Van Buren taking Philip Astley theme Circus Skills Workshops into Schools Philip Astley Projects CIC Director Andrew Van Buren is currently touring the unique Philip Astley Theme Circus Skills Workshops around Staffordshire Schools. Today appearing at Heron Cross Primary School in Staffordshire, Andrew Commented “it is wonderful sharing the story of Newcastle under Lyme…