The Ropetackle Art Centre offers a wide range of events covering all the entertainment genres. It is also an education centre providing access to quality film, are, music, theatre and training opportunities.

The Ropetable Centre features an auditorium for up to 200 people with full technical facilities and a fully licenced bar.

For all general enquiries telephone 01273 464440. For Partnerships and Volunteer work email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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The Shoreham Farmers Market has long been a popular addition to the Shoreham weekend scene and was voted the Best Farmers' Market in Sussex at the Sussex Food & Drink Awards 2010. The Shoreham Farmers Market has again been shortlisted for the 2011/2012 awards. The market usually has around 45 stalls offering a wide range of local fresh produce and goods from both the Shoreham-by-Sea and wider Sussex area.

The Shoreham Famers Market is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month and is situated on East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea. BN43 5ZE

If you would like more information on the Shoreham Farmers Marke, especially on how to arrange a pitch for your produce, please call 01273 263152

A new junior basketball club is rolling into our local area, under the new name of the ‘THE STORM’. They will be based at the new state of the art training facility at the Sir Robert Woodard Academy in Lancing (http://www.srwa.woodard.co.uk/index.phtml?d=228652).

Under the guidance of Worthing Thunder’s Head Coach and Ex England International Mr Gary Smith and Sam Cricelli Ex Thunder & England International. Both are looking forward to passing on their experience and knowledge to the new players ‘There is so much potential and great coaching in our local area, we know this because of so many of our junior athletes are playing at national & international level in the area ’ said Gary Smith.

The club will provide state of the art facilities when they move in to the new facility in October with state of the art training for its new prospects. With innovative ways to train recruits from across the local area & county, it will demonstrate its ability to connect with players, and to get the maximum out of their talent. Each child will be given ‘individual development plans and guidance’.

‘In Fewer than six weeks we have managed to organise, set in place all the facilities and get an extremely experienced and unique set of coaches together, to teach young people in the local area’. We strongly believe in Basketball for ALL, we have set up a bursary for parents on Job seekers allowance and or Tax credits which will subsidise the cost of training. This can be set up very discreetly by contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and we want to ensure money does not stop children playing Basketball! said Jon Fletcher, Commercial Manager of the STORM. We have received many messages of support from NBA Superstars such as Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, Shawn Marion of the NBA Champions Dallas Mavericks and Drew Sullivan the Team GB captain.

The club is hoping now to attract new and up and coming talent from the local & Sussex Area from ages 5+ through Under 11’s, 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, 18’s.  The club is also keen to develop a Girls team and Additional Needs Programmes at the club. With the Junior Academy, Coached by Eloise & Bob all set to go, Their role at the Academy is to teach the Fundamentals of Basketball, but more than just this, it is to support and develop a young person’s confidence and to nurture a belief in themselves and their teammates, not just Basketball Skills but Skills for Life. Let’s face it even Michael Jordan needed to be taught by someone! He was also told that he would be too small for basketball! How wrong they were. The readers will be interested to know that from this local area we have produced many England Internationals at School age! And many from the local area and many play at National League standard! Competing with the ‘best of the best’ from the UK and abroad.

The Storm wants to bring the joy and passion of the game of basketball and this is reflected in the coaches when they talk about the Game they Love. ‘There is nothing more satisfying than hearing a swish of a net when the basketball goes through it or you see the moment that a ‘kid just gets a move or pulls a move that an NBA star makes!’ Or ‘they pull off an impossible shot – it’s a joy!’

What the club has managed to secure is amazing! The club is also in the throes of aligning itself with the Worthing Thunder to help cross promote both clubs.  Frank Gainsbury, Chairman of the Worthing Thunder said ‘we are very happy to help this community club to achieve its full potential for the coming years. We will be working together in the coming months to find innovative ways try to help promote more Basketball in the Sussex area’

Friday 12^th- Sunday 14^th August 2011 - 10am - 4pm

Shoreham-By-Sea town centre, exact locations to be revealed

Free

www.theundercurrent.co.uk

A three day weekend of playful installations and interactive games across Shoreham’s town centre, for inquisitive adults and mischievous children.

 Between Friday 12^th and Sunday 14^th August, Shoreham will host imaginative, creative but covert activities as part of a brand new arts programme.  Undercurrent Weekend has commissioned four professional artists to create new or adapt exisiting work especially for the town. Each piece will take place in outside locations, be suitable for people of all ages and reward those that seek them out.

 People can stumble across an adventure trail set by secret agents, become the captain of their own Sailaway boat, follow a flickbook across the footbridge and discover a hidden world behind the most ordinary looking door.

 Artists include London based Coney with The Loveliness Principle, a challenge from Rabbit for you to discover, a hunt for something precious and remarkable. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears pricked for signs of Rabbit around Shoreham By Sea. The Loveliness Principle starts with a phonecall, perhaps only a moment after you read this – 01273 963588. Coney is a playfully secret agency making adventures. The Loveliness Principle has been remade for Shoreham by locally-based agents of Coney, undercover in Undercurrent.

 Subject to_Change and their piece Sailaway ask where have come from and where are you going to? Look out for Sailaway kits scattered in cafes, shops, the library and other places all around Shoreham. The kits contain everything you will need to build your very own paper vessel plus an invitation to join all the other Sailway captains and launch your ship at the end of the weekend!

 Brighton based artist Rachel Henson provides you with a flickbook that will guide you and animate the path ahead. Flickers uses a series of photographic images of the footbridge and our familiar surroundings, layering them with visual narratives that blur the line between the real and the imagined.

 Me and The Machine's The Tourist is a man trapped within a postcard, bound to knock forevermore on the exit door of an inescapable paradise, behind which you behold.

Finally and to add another twist to the weekend, Shoreham based artist Mel Sheppard has designed a series of bespoke badges, available to collect by taking part in each piece. The most inquisitive will be able to collect them all, you'll just have to find them first.

The weekend in August is a pilot event that is intended to develop a longer term programme within Shoreham and the surrounding areas. Undercurrent is run by local resident and theatre producer Ruth Dudman and a team of other independent individuals working in the arts. Undercurrent is funded by Arts Council, Grants for the Arts.

The Weekend Programme

Over the weekend there are four pieces for you to find. All of the pieces take place in outside locations, across Shoreham’s town centre. Therefore, please come prepared for weather.

Artist Mel Sheppard has designed a series of badges, collect a different one each time you participate in an Undercurrent piece.

The Loveliness Principle
Coney
Fri 12th –Sun 14th Aug, 10-4pm
Starting points are located at various places around the town centre and include Ham Recreation Ground, Shoreham Airport and various public notice boards.
Free

*You will need to bring a your mobile phone with you to participate in this piece.

Sailaway
Subject to Change
Sunday 14th Aug. 12:45 pm
Coronation Green
Free

*To participate in this event you will need to pick up a Sailaway pack available from 29th July onwards from Shoreham Library, the Farmers Market on Pond rd, or any of the Undercurrent starting points. Keep an eye on this page for details of other places to pick up your pack as they are confirmed.

Flickers
Rachel Henson
Fri 12th –Sun 14th Aug, 10-4pm
Shoreham Footbridge
Free, £5 deposit required

The Tourist
Me and The Machine
Fri 12th –Sun 14th Aug, 10-4pm
Between the footbridge and the riverbank, Shoreham Beach
Free

 For more information about the weekend, including details of the artists taking part please see www.theundercurrent.co.uk or follow them on twitter @ucweekend and #UCWknd.

 For more information and to arrange an interview with Ruth Dudman, please contact    This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it