Stand and Be Counted Theatre announce an audio walk adventure for lockdown half-term Date published: 15 February 2021
Hidden Winter follows eight-year-old Hiba, a mischievous cat, and a trail of winter clothes in a story celebrating the joys and difficulties of making friends in a new place
The Stand and Be Counted (SBC) Theatre, the UK’s first Theatre Company of Sanctuary, has announced the release of Hidden Winter ; an audio walk adventure for family audiences produced in association with Theatre in the Mill, Cast, Hull Truck Theatre and Oldham Coliseum Theatre, and funded by Bradford Producing Hub and Arts Council England.
REAL-LIFE experiences of women who were welcomed onto Canterbury estate after marrying Pakistani men have inspired a powerful new play. Full English, which will be performed on the estate this summer, stars Bradford actor Natalie Davies and explores the story of her grandmother and the legacy of growing up in a mixed race family. The play, produced by Bradford-based Bent Architect, will be created in three different ways - a studio theatre piece at Bradford arts centre Kala Sangam, an outdoor performance on Canterbury estate, and an interactive digital production. Producer Jude Wright said: “Full English tells the story of the women of Canterbury Estate - white British girls from the 1960s who married Pakistani men and brought up mixed race children. Driven out by their families and shunned by their husband’s community, where did they belong?
REAL-LIFE experiences of women who were driven out of their community after marrying Pakistani men have inspired a powerful new play. Full English, which will be performed on the estate this summer, stars Bradford actor Natalie Davies and explores the story of her grandmother and the legacy of growing up in a mixed race family. The play, produced by Bradford-based Bent Architect, will be created in three different ways - a studio theatre piece at Bradford arts centre Kala Sangam, an outdoor performance on Canterbury estate, and an interactive digital production. Producer Jude Wright said: “Full English tells the story of the women of Canterbury Estate - white British girls from the 1960s who married Pakistani men and brought up mixed race children. Driven out by their families and shunned by their husband’s community, where did they belong?”
A WINTER festival of ‘light and surprise’ will see places across the district – including gardens, shopping centres and a 100ft mill roof – illuminated with artworks. Grants have been awarded to artists and creatives as part of LIT, a cultural festival running until March. More than 25 site-specific artworks will appear in unusual places and spaces in preparation for Bradford’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. Large-scale commissions including buildings wrapped in flowing rope lights, giant balls of glowing yarn and poems by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage projected onto buildings will appear in the New Year. Out of 120 applications, 11 artists received grants of £10,000-£15,000 – awarded by a panel from Bradford Council and Bradford 2025 – to create light-focused artworks.
A WINTER festival of ‘light and surprise’ will see places across the district - including gardens, shopping centres and a 100ft mill roof - illuminated with artworks. Grants have been awarded to artists and creatives as part of LIT, a winter cultural festival running until March, 2021. More than 25 site specific artworks will appear in unusual places and spaces in preparation for Bradford’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. Large-scale commissions including buildings wrapped in flowing rope lights, giant balls of glowing yarn, and poems by of UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage projected onto buildings will appear in the new year.