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Adam Smith Theatre - Shaping a Creative Hub ● A community engagement project exploring the services and facilities most relevant to the local people in this newly refurbished and historic theatre OnFife Relevant Identity

+Engage and support the community. +Form a vibrant community hub. +Create a place that is relevant, welcoming and inclusive. +Generate a legacy framework for how OnFife engages with the community moving forward.

Our team have taken a four- pronged approach to this project comprising;

The project is ongoing, with an estimated completion

Website www.relevantonfife.co.uk X @RelevantOnFife

date of September 2023. Still, the online side of Relevant has been active for several months and has had a terrific response,

370 Polls Taken

Identity A strong project identity developed to badge other local

The Adam Smith Theatre [AST] in Kirkcaldy has been closed for refurbishment for two years, and there have been many delays, not to mention the minor issue of COVID-19. However, the re-opening is planned for September 2023. OnFife wanted to ensure that the project is relevant to the Fife community and decided to take a more collaborative approach by engaging the Nomad Team to work with the project stakeholders and the community to understand what services and facilities would be most relevant to them, frame the issues, develop and test solutions. The goal of the Relevant project is to;

theatre projects, including Lochgelly and Levenmouth. Website A project blog designed to raise awareness, engage the community and gather information via online polls. Design Jams A series of interlinked creative service design workshops exploring how, what, when and why the building will be used and how it might evolve. Staff Upskilling A process designed to give AST staff people- centred skills and provide a framework for the ongoing relationship with the community.

garnering over 3000 Views and 370 Poll responses to date. Watch this space for more news about the ongoing AST project and this exciting and vibrant community hub.

Going to see David Bowie. We were sitting upstairs on the balcony, and because the audience was rather sparse, he asked if everyone would come to sit downstairs in the front rows.

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