St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club evaluation

The Place Based Theatre Club ‘The theatre club brought people from all different walks of life together. I seriously hope this project can continue as it has tremendous potential.’ In January 2017, funded by Bristol Ageing Better and in partnership with Redcliffe Care, St Mary Redcliffe’s outreach arm, we ran fortnightly, site-specific, theatre devising sessions inspired by… Continue reading St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club evaluation

You and your work – Poppy Phelps

Poppy Phelps is a visual artist, illustrator and street theatre maker from the Forest of Dean. Trained in Anthropology her artistic work experiments with visual ethnography, using visual and artistic processes to create engaging community research through illustrations, puppetry and performance. She makes carnival props, worked on The Psychedelic Kidnap Experience, initiated Utrecht clowning group,… Continue reading You and your work – Poppy Phelps

RNIB Place Based Theatre Club

Midway musings on Place Based Theatre Club at Action for Blind People / RNIB, No 10 Stillhouse lane, Bedminster. The Place Based Theatre Club is being funded by Bristol Ageing Better and is in association with LinkAge older people’s charity. Our aim is to create an inspiring and accessible course of sessions exploring making a… Continue reading RNIB Place Based Theatre Club

Clare Reddaway ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Clare Reddaway, Horizon House – Environment Agency  I had never been to Horizon House – never heard of Horizon House – when it was allocated to me.  I was sent a pack of information: it’s a new building, open for five years, home to the Environment Agency.  It is an environmentally considerate building, powered by… Continue reading Clare Reddaway ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Lucy Bell ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Lucy Bell, Glenside Hospital Museum There are life-sized mannequins at Glenside Hospital Museum. Dressed in medical gowns, they treat other mannequins with everything from Epilepsy cures to Electro-Convulsive Therapy. I don’t know the provenance of these mannequins, but it adds to the appeal of this off-beat site that the psychiatric figures are striking fashion… Continue reading Lucy Bell ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Stephanie Kempson ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Stephanie Kempson Bedminster RNIB Centre On Saturday morning I woke up feeling quite nervous about having been asked to write something for the RNIB centre in Bedminster, something which I would perform before the end of the day to an audience of staff, visitors and centre users and might even be translated… Continue reading Stephanie Kempson ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Bea Roberts ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Bea Roberts, St Mary Redcliffe Church: ‘I’m happy to admit that being posted as the Part Exchange Co. writer in residence at St. Mary Redcliffe was an exciting but daunting prospect! I won’t attempt to recap its history because far better informed people than me can do a far better job of… Continue reading Bea Roberts ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Rew Lowe ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Rew Lowe, The Drawing Office SS.Great Britain ‘I’ve been rather lax. For three years now I’ve lived in Bristol. The walls of my house are bedecked with paintings of seafaring, my bookshelves are weighed down with maritime tales and I lie in bed dreaming of ocean voyages. In short, I like shippy things. Yet… Continue reading Rew Lowe ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text