Perter Saaremets
Perter Saaremets
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
Perter Saaremets
Perter Saaremets
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
Perter Saaremets
Perter Saaremets
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
Peter Saaremets is an experienced musician and performer who has worked with Skimstone Arts for the last 9 years. Before joining Skimstone Arts he was experienced as a performing musician for 16 years specialising in Jazz and performing at Jazz venues across the North East. With Skimstone Arts he has devised, improvised and performed in Doorbells (Barnsley CIVIC Theatre and Northern Stage Scratch Nights, Edinburgh Festival), Peace Process-ion (Sunderland Minster / Sanctuary Arts Space Gateshead) and Cold Coffee (Edinburgh Festival), Tea-side – a Travelling Tearoom (North East of England), Time for Tea (Part of Open Heritage Days in Newcastle), Angel Train, Dust and Sojourn (Washington Arts Centre) trained with Frantic Assembly and Spymonkey at Hull Truck Theatre.
He continues to be Lead Artist and supports young people facing life challenges to write, compose and perform their own songs in major public settings.
A Night of Fear & Freedom
A Night of Fear & Freedom - Exhibition, Live Event & Radio Broadcast
Don't miss the chance to see our powerful new photographic and text exhibition at Newcastle City Library; hear live and recorded performances of true stories, original songs, music, spoken word and poetry in a compelling, thoughtful and uplifting event, and listen to highlights from the project during a special broadcast on Skimstone Radio.
"When we look at what is happening across the world with war and conflict and how it is irrevocably affecting the lives of those caught up in the onslaught, we need to, as artists and activists, create work together with diverse artists and communities that explore how freedom is an intrinsic part of all our lives, and how we can consider ways to contribute to the strengthening freedoms of those we live alongside and those much further away."
Claire Webster Saaremets, Artistic Director, Skimstone Arts
A Night of Fear & Freedom - Exhibition
Thursday 18 to Thursday 25 January 2024, 10am – 4pm
Exhibition space outside Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library
33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX
This powerful new photographic and text exhibition captures fragments of real stories, lyrics, poetry and photographs from Skimstone Arts’ Associate Artists and contributors, exploring the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 - Fragility of Freedom.
Join us for the exhibition opening on Thursday 18 January at 12.30pm. Admission to the exhibition and opening event is free. The exhibition will close at lunchtime on Thursday 25 January.
A Night of Fear & Freedom - Live Events
Wednesday 24 January 2024
12pm, 1.10pm & 2.20pm
Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library,
33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX
Join our Artistic Director Claire Webster Saaremets, Associate Artist Ako Ismail and other musicians and story sharers around a campfire, and listen to live and recorded performances of true stories, new and original songs, music, spoken word and poetry. This powerful, thoughtful and uplifting experience highlights stories from diverse contributors about how freedoms have been stolen, lost or found.
This event is free. It will be repeated at 12pm, 1.10pm and 2.20pm. Each experience lasts for approximately 40 minutes with opportunities to reflect and respond afterwards. Suitable for age 12+. Tickets can be booked for all events in advance, or you can turn up on the day. Spaces are limited. Any remaining seats will be offered on the day on a first-come, first-served basis.
A Night of Fear & Freedom - Radio Broadcast
Friday 26 January 2024, 12.30pm
Tune in to a special Holocaust Memorial Day broadcast on Skimstone Radio. Join Skimstone Arts’ presenters Claire Webster Saaremets and Ako Ismail around their campfire and listen to real stories and audience responses from our A Night of Fear & Freedom exhibition and event.
A Night of Fear & Freedom is presented as part of the National Holocaust Memorial Day Programme and Newcastle City Council's Holocaust Memorial Day Events 2024.
"Hugely moving, creative and informative. Human stories which reflected humanity in all its glories/horrors. Ordinary transformed into extraordinary." Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 Event, Audience Feedback
Thursday 25 January, 2024
12pm, 1.10pm & 2.20pm
Cinema Space, The NewBridge Project, The Shieldfield Centre, 4-8 Clarence Walk, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AL
