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» Trevor Goose & his Dark Night of Lights Trevor Goose and His Dark Night of Lights attempts to tell the bleak, yet moving, tale of The Little Match Girl, but internal difficulties with the band - Hans Christian and the Andersons – as well as with a Danish tourism officer and a missing celebrity mean the evening soon turns into the painfully amusing spectacle of a cabaret coming face to face with it’s own dark failings. Premiered at Taylor John's House, Canal Basin Vaults, Coventry December 07.  |
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» Market Forces As part of Architecture Week 07, Talking Birds and guest artists were in residence on stall 80 of the Retail Market in Coventry City Centre. During the residency the stall hosted Coventry's most exclusive cinema for the premiere of a thriller set in the underbelly of Europe's only circular retail market; and the debut of the region's newest chamber orchestra, peopled by transistor radios purchased from Coventry Retail Market over the past 5 years. |
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» The Last Lot THE LAST LOT was a weekend of theatre to mark the closing of the Mart on the Barrack Street site, Kilkenny, before trade moved to the new agri-retail park off the Carlow Road. It was a collaboration between UK based Talking Birds, Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office, and various artists and arts groups in Kilkenny County. |
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» Space of Possibilities A cultural strategy. Sounds dull, sometimes it is dull, and the process of writing can be even duller. Its impact on a city, though, is huge, or at least it should be. And if it isn’t, then what’s the point of writing it at all? We wanted to explore a different way of creating, and then presenting, a cultural strategy. We thought a good way of starting would be to ask people who’d never heard of a cultural strategy. Download a PDF of the accompanying programme leaflet by clicking here. |
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» Other Coventry<>Other Volgograd This exhibition twinned the work of contemporary artists working in Volgograd, Russia with artists working in Coventry, UK. View Virtual Exhibition |
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» The Whale "I loved being swallowed by a whale." "It was very beautiful and funny." "Unexpected and fabulous." "Like nothing I have experienced before." "A Musical Poetic Whale - absolutely fantastic." The Whale is a performance of 3 minutes for 1 audience member at a time. "I couldn't stop laughing. "You leave feeling lifted, warm...and with a small gift." "I was transfixed, amused, and highly entertained." "I really really really loved it." The Whale is suitable for audiences aged 1-100. Audience capacity 100-200 per day. Wheelchair accessible. VIEW VIDEO TRAILER - small [1.6MB] or large [5MB] The Whale is available for festivals and events, please contact Talking Birds for more. |
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» Three Doctors THREE DOCTORS was a performance as part of One Last Look to mark the closing of Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital (which is being relocated to the new University Hospital in Walsgrave). Talking Birds marked this significant moment for the city by guiding an audience of 12 at a time through the corridors and operating theatres that have held the stories of thousands of local people, accompanied by voices, music and the ghosts of doctors Arrowsmith, Bourne and Mellor. Commissioned by the Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick - see http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/hospitalproject/ |
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» 25/7 25/7 was made for an empty restaurant unit in Priory Place, Coventry. As the Olympic stadium burns, tanks approach, and a markswoman focusses her sights on a target at the train station, an ambitious reporter feels a restaurant would be the ideal location for his newsroom. With live jingles, an 'unfolding situation', and an unhinged restauranteur, the reporter soon becomes too embedded for comfort. "Very cleverly composed both technically and in terms of narrative (although the "revolve" effect was making me a bit queasy!). Poignantly entertaining- thank you!" [audience member] |
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| You may also be interested in some of our online projects: » Masterplan - school re-design projects with Creative Partnerships » The Cork Report - web-based project commissioned for the 50th Cork Film Festival » Twin60 - web-based project exploring the twinning of Coventry & Volgograd » The Virtual Fringe - an imaginary festival exploring Coventry's lost venues » Helloland - 'akin to taking part in a David Lynch movie' [The Independent] |
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