Musicans rehearsing for the St Walstan performance, This Earth We Tread. It was a glorious summer, which is always good for outdoor performances.
A culture exchange live, through online platforms between Norwich and the city it is twinned with in Nicaraguar, El Viejo. What a concept, quite innovative, before the pandemic happened and now we are all doing it. But we look forward to it just the same, a time to come together in the flesh, as well as online. We hope to hold Atalntica on April 18th 2021 after it was postponed due to Coronavirus
Local participant Salah speaking at the launch of the Jenny Lind Arts Project. Salah wrote poetry and took part in the script writing workshop, as well as this Salah was a cast member in the performance The Spirit of the Place.
As part of the Jenny Lind Arts Project, and in direct response to residents requests, a summer to photography course, using the same stimulus of Place, with proffessional Photographer Anita Staff.
St Walstan talking about land, and how it can't belong to any one person. This Earth We Tread 2016
Part of the work with the local dementia cafe, a sculpture was created with 18000 forget-me-nots, representing the total amount of people at that time, living with dementia, in Norfolk, often without supoprt outside of the family.
Slow partnered with BBC Introducing to bring music to the housing blocks in Suffolk Square. People stopped still in their tracks to hear the music. A local resident said "I can't belive this is happenign here" a sentiment we heard a lot here.
The company's first work, with Helen Ivory's new poetry The Dissapearing. This was nominated for the Ted Hughes Award
During our launch of the Jenny Lind Arts Project, young participant and actor Daisy cut the cake with the then Chairman of Norfolk County Council, Councillor John Ward
After a performance of I'm Here we held a Q&A, with Carers in attendende.
During 2018 Slow worked with partners to provide over 5 weeks of out-of-school activities for families and children.
Making live theatre in a housing block has its challenges, but it all just aided to the overall brilliance that was The Sprit of The Place
Without young people, or volunteers Slow Theatre Company would feel a very sad place!
We have worked with countless partners over the years and we are incredibly happy to find a way to bring the arts to people, however small the community is.
I'm Here - a performance based on several diaries filled in by Carers of people living with dementia. Through these diaries it was clear to see how isolated and over worked these Carers were, and how trully sad it was for them to move from being a partner/wife/mother/husband to a Carer of someone who slowly can't remember their life together.
We aim to get out into the community bringing the creative arts to the people, here we are at the local pub, before opening hours.
The Jenny Lind Creative Community Arts Project 2018 - 2020
A multi-arts project throughout housing blocks in Suffolk Square, Norwich.
Involving over 500 participants, many introduced to the cities arts venues for the first time. Participants took part in workshops, activities, performances and culture events in writing, poetry, dance, acting, music, photography and play.
A final theatrical happening happened over two days, with eight 1-hour promenade performances, through 2 housing blocks. Written by participants responding to the stimulus PLACE.
This project included working with BBC Introducing Music bringing an evening of new music to the shopping strip in Suffolk Square.
This project aimed to combat rising isolation by residents and was participant led.
The St Walstan Arts Project & This Earth We Tread 2015 - 2016
An innovative, outside, promenade, theatrical happening, inspired by the life of St Walstan, Norfolk’s patron saint of agriculture and farming, who died 1,000 years ago in 2016.
Set in the beautiful and atmospheric Ruins of St Michael and All Angels, as part of Heritage Week. It was written and performed with and by people from the local community. Participants faced many personal challenges but came together regardless of age, backgrounds and personal circumstances.
This piece explored modern issues of land ownership and disenfranchisement, displacement, disconnection and conservation against the backdrop of his life.
I'm Here - 2016
A creative arts project for carers of people living with dementia.
An exhibition of the art works in the Millennium Library, Norwich.
18,000 crotched forget-me-nots were made, to form a sculpture in collaboration with local artist Tsubi Du, one for each person living with dementia at the time.
A 1-woman performance was created, from writings in diaries, by Carers of people living with dementia.