Friday, 19 April 2013

The Most Together We've Ever Been

So here are some photos from 'The Most Together We've Ever Been' taken by my lovely friend Vika Nightingale.











All photos by Vika Nightingale
'The Most Together We've Ever Been'




According to Brian Haw PRESS!


So it's been an exciting few weeks in the world of 'According to Brian Haw'. It's back on stage this summer at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, 20th-22nd August, and the press have picked it up! Above is a photocopy of the article from the Times on 8th April.

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Birmingham Opera...


So for the past few months I've been working on a speculative, site specific design for 'Songs and Dances of Death' by Mussorgsky. With some help and wisdom from Richard Willacy of Birmingham Opera, I've been developing a procession to Forest Fields in Nottingham. It's nearly finished, but here's some earlier storyboards to wet your appetite!    

 
To be continued... 



Monday, 18 March 2013

The Most Together We've Ever Been

How can a group of objects reflect a place?


Here's my set for 'The Most Together We've Ever Been', a part of the Nottdance festival that finished yesterday. A piece that repeatedly asks about entering a space.

Performance photographs by Vika Nightingale.


 Sketches developing my collection...

And on arranging...

'The Most Together We've Ever Been' by Ame Henderson/Public Recordings and Matija Ferlin. 

http://publicrecordings.org/projects/the-most-together-weve-ever-been/

Calke Abbey

I'm currently working on a piece of installation work at Calke Abbey, a National Trust house in Derbyshire. A house, preserved, and then stuck in time, it's a really intriguing place to visit.

To be continued.




Wednesday, 12 December 2012

On Shining Wings Photographs

Photographs from 'On Shining Wings'








On Shining Wings - Early costume sketches

With my costume designs, I created a grey, and dreary impression of working class life, first in the Late Victorian times, and then, in 1913. With the whole cast in this monotone scheme, it gave a real impression of black and white photographs.