This is ZoieLogic’s 2025-2026 Year in Review
Take a look around and enjoy some of our highlights from an epic year!
Notes from
the team
An introduction from our new Chair of ZoieLogic, Ajay Parekh
Celebrating 25 years from Artistic Director Zoie Golding MBE
“What an amazing, beautiful, special, inspirational experience!”
Featured
stories
Theatre – but not as you know it. Discover how The Big Movement LIVE broke expectations and proved that the best seat in the house is a shared one
Where creativity lives. See what happens when we hand the mic to the incredible young talent in our local neighbourhood
“If you think you can, you will.” Meet Page, a Holyrood resident with a unique perspective on how we’re strengthening our community, one step at a time
“It builds a sense of community and unity.” Find out all about how we’re blending movement and heritage together in a dance extravaganza, The Austentatious Ball
Inside the Studio. Go behind the scenes with our dance artists to see how we’re inspiring the next generation of male dancers in schools today
250 Dancers. 12 Schools. 1 Stage. Experience the energy of Manmade – the event transforming how boys and young men across the Solent
The headline
statistics
01
this many men danced with us for the big movement
753
02
avg. Increase in understanding around core skills for youth dancers
55%
03
the number of times young people in our projects performed on stage
15
04
The number of dance sessions we held for young people
186
05
participants who were new to dance or zoielogic, and tried it more than once
60%
06
The number of people who saw us perform
2,850
Thank you to these awesome people
ZoieLogic Advisory Group members:
Julian Benjamin, Anna Brown, Abigail Campbell, Clare Campbell, Ana Carla Cozendey, Sarah Filmer, Carri Francis, Liam Gifford, Ping Harvey, Anne Hendon-John, Jessica Hulbert, Jacob Lakeland, Ginny Lambert, Debbie Lee-Anthony, Ben Rosie, Page Singh, Sian Tattersall, Lynda Walton and Jonah Wigely.
The Big Movement Steering Group members:
Colin Barnett, Andy Bishop, Neil Brabant, Chopper, Liam Gifford, Nigel Powney, Jem Rycraft, Tim Stretton, Lou Taylor and Lynda Walton.
Thank you to our volunteers:
Abbi Cambell, Anna Brown, Fin Connis, Ana Carla Cozendey, Sarah Filmer, Kai Harvey, Ping Harvey, Anne Hendon-John, Kyle, Toby Newell and Lynda Walton.
Thank you to Fuzzy Fundraiser donors:
Fiona, Dev, Anne, Bridget, Cara, Sam, Anna, Hazy, Jacob, Chris, Colin, Louise, Miss, Anthony, Hilary, Zoie, Andrew, Gilly, Will, Glenda, David, Marion, Rod, James, Nys, Lucy, Robert, Hutchings, Judy, Joseph, George, Erin, Cathy, Jamie, Cam, Carla, sezifilms, Aidan, Jack, Kim, Heather, Wendy, Clare, Rebecca, Katie, Rob, Rudi, Sarah, Diane, Liz, Louis, Georgina, Stephen, Graham, Alan, Page, Mrs, Joan, Laura, Kai, Liam, Ajay, Toby, Emma, Hal, Nikki, Gareth, Deborah, Amanda, Lizanne, Yelena, Mathieu and Victoria
Thank you to our 25 Years donors:
Katherine Jane Barbour, Colin Barnett, Jake Beeson, Tony Boyle, Victoria Chapman, Andy Cuffley, Greg Dickson, Ali Fichter, Lucy Fitzpatrick, Louise Govier, Ping Harvey, Leela Indukuri, Paul Jackson, Anne Hendon John, Helen Keall, Jacob Lakeland, Sara Merriman, Janet Mooney, Ajay Parekh, Richard Summers, Vicky Thornton, Maria Tse, Suzanne Waggett, Matt Walker, Lynda Walton, Chris Webb, Rob Wells, Michele Wilson and Shirley Wood.
Projects featured
in this review
We Are Holyrood
A dynamic, creative and social impact programme curated by Zoielogic with the residents of Holyrood estate
The Ostentatious Ball
A participatory dance event that invites everyone to step into the spotlight and dance into history
Manmade
An all male youth dance platform that brings together different schools to push the boundaries of boys dance
The Big Movement
We’re flipping the script on what movement means for men and their mental health.