Genesis Kickstart Fund project activity | Feb – Mar
1 March 2023
Images: Bold Tendencies, Meta Vs Life (Hijinx Theatre), SANSARA
Theatre
Associate Artists Programme | Box of Tricks Theatre Company
Two Box of Tricks Theatre Company’s Associate Artists, Katie Scott (Designer) and Lee Affen (Composer and Sound Designer), will be working on the company’s upcoming production of Too Much World at Once by Billie Collins.
Supported by the Genesis Kickstart Fund, the Associate Artists Programme recruited five ‘offstage’ artists (designer, sound designer, lighting designer, production manager, composer) last year as paid associates so that each could develop specific aspects of their own creative practice whilst supporting the organisation’s development.
Too Much World at Once will open at HOME in Manchester on 3 March before touring nationally.
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Meta Vs Life | Hijinx Theatre
Last week, Hijinx Theatre began their R&D for Meta Vs Life, a game-theatre adventure which combines the metaverse (a virtual-reality space) with the real world.
This show-in-progress explores how audiences and performers can interact with each other in both real and online spaces. Audiences were invited to attend the R&D either in-person in Cardiff City Centre or online, and during the show were able to interact with characters and audience members on the ‘other side’ of the performance (online/ in-person).
Music
The Silly Little Mouse | Bold Tendencies
The Multi-Story Orchestra has been confirmed for Bold Tendencies’ upcoming project The Silly Little Mouse.
Across two days of workshops in June this year, local children and young people in Southeast London will have the opportunity to explore the singing, dancing and mask-making aspects of the opera production process. The workshops will culminate in two free performances in which participants will showcase their work to friends and families.
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TRACES | SANSARA
SANSARA choir have released a new album titled TRACES.
The album includes choral works by British, German and Ukrainian composers, all responding to the question: How do we find inner peace in a world of conflict and division?
The tracks on the recording will form a wider podcast series titled Traces of the White Rose, also supported by the Genesis Kickstart Fund.
In collaboration with the University of Oxford’s White Rose Project, the podcast series will tell the story of the White Rose Circle, a non-violent intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, using translated letters, diaries, pamphlets and choral music as storytelling tools. The podcast is set to be released later this year.
