Sound Bites
Jack Windle, one of the Performing the Past project assistants, talks to delegates about their experiences of combining heritage and performance at our second workshop in Barnsley.
- Amy Beard, Artistic Director (Point Blank Theatre Company)
- Bridie Moore, PhD Student (School of English, University of Sheffield)
The day in pictures (all images by Ollie Jones)
John Tanner outlines plans for the new Experience Barnsley museum
l to r; Mark Westgarth, Grace Tebbutt, Tiffany Webster, Jack Windle
Grace Tebbutt
Kate Giles
Jonathan Pitches
Mark Westgarth and Liz Carnegie take questions after their talks
Mark Westgarth places his trust in the group as he passes round his treasured Christmas present, an antique daguerreotype in original frame, to illustrate his talk on haptic responses to objects
Helen Smith with Mark’s photo
Jonathan Pitches with Mark’s photo
Jack Windle presents his research into the long-lived Songs of Joseph Mather
Grace Tebbutt explores the role of costumed performance at Manor Lodge
Helen Smith and Catherine O’Byrne discuss their new projects, ‘Stories of Activism’ and ‘The Commonwealth Café’
Jayne Rimmer discusses the excavations at Hungate in York
Jon Kenny explains how archaeology became a form of ‘performance’ at Hungate