



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.






Turning to Face The Sun

Skimstone Arts presents Turning to Face The Sun Thursday 30 January 2025
Part of the National Holocaust Memorial Day Programme and Newcastle City Council's Holocaust Memorial Day Events 2025.
Turning to Face The Sun was held at Bewick Hall, Newcastle City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX
Thursday 30th January 2025
Turning to Face The Sun is a live story sharing and performance event. Audiences witness audio and film recordings of songs and poetry and live performances, inspired by Ukrainian, Syrian, Bosnian, Palestinian, Kurdistan Iraq and other war testimonies. Audiences were invited to help us explore what it means to look for hope, resolution, and dream of a better future. What part can we play individually and collectively to make a difference?
Skimstone Arts is committed to national Holocaust Memorial Day Events programme, supported by Newcastle City Council and Newcastle City Library, to support artists and contributors who have been affected by oppression. All members of the public were welcome to come and experience this event together in peace, solidarity and positive social action.
Contributors include;
UNITY Tree -Ukrainian performance group
Poet - Lanre Sonde
Testimony of Syria by Balsam Ahmed
Songs by Shirley & the Gang and Reality Boots
Hosted by Claire Webster Saaremets.
"Being part of HMD 2025 with this year’s theme of ‘For a Better Future’ could not be even more timely. With the rise of disturbing far right presence in Europe and globally, ongoing crisis' including Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Iran, we need to remember, respect and acknowledge the importance of diversity and seeing each of us…equally … as a human being. Our performance, song, poetry, film and recorded voice event Turning to Face the Sun, brings together performers, poets, musicians who seek to create a space for us all to listen, reflect and act for a better world, one we all dream to be part of."
Claire Webster Saaremets - Artistic Director of Skimstone Arts.
"It was a powerful mosaic about life, war and hope, humanity and love." Audience Feedback
"So many stories to ground us in the human impact of what blasts out at us from the news everyday making us compassionate again." Audience Feedback
"Eye to Eye song was beautiful, Turning to Face The Sun by Ukrainian friends was so powerful, well done everyone." Audience Feedback
"The live part of the performances and the connection of all of it with the arts. It was joined together by the image of the low sun after each part." Audience Feedback





