Essex Cultural diversity Project Press release:
We are delighted to announce that Dulce Duca has been commissioned to develop a new community-driven arts project to be performed at Witham’s Street Entertainment Festival in September 2025.
For this commission, Essex Cultural Diversity Project has teamed up with Witham Town Council who programme this exciting annual event. Formerly known as the Puppet Festival, Witham Street Entertainment Festival has become a main fixture in the town’s calendar.
When it comes to Street Art, we immediately thought of Dulce Duca for this commission. She is a contemporary circus performer known for her innovative, and sometimes bizarre, juggling techniques, playing with comedy and absurdity to find metaphorical ways to talk about real subjects and human emotions, from happiness and sadness, to rage and love. Originally from Portugal and now based in East Anglia, she has performed throughout the world. She is particularly skilled at channelling emotions through her performances, combining elements of physical theatre, circus, dance and juggling to create unique, surreal and expressive performances… and nearly always on roller skates!
Through her project – working title Witham Wonders: A Street Spectacle – Duca will invite local communities to a series of creative storytelling and performing art workshops throughout the Summer, working with them to co-create a final piece or a series of performances for Witham’s Street Entertainment Festival.
This will be a collective artistic expression in the form of fun and engaging street art, and a platform for the town’s residents to voice their thoughts, share perspectives, develop their artistic skills, and tell their stories in their own words.