18th September 2024
We were delighted to support Creative Coast, a 12-week community arts project produced by c21 Theatre Company in partnership with The Old Church Centre, Cushendun, and residents of the Glens of Antrim.
Between January – May 2024, participants engaged in creative writing, reminiscence, storytelling, theatre, mindfulness and music workshops, exploring their personal connections to The Glens, to produce some vividly illustrative poetry, prose and song.
Creative Coast culminated in two events programmed as part of The Big Arts Weekend, Cushendun.
The Creative Coast sound installation by sound artist Fionnuala Fagan-Thiébot, showcases the community’s newly composed spoken word poetry, using authentic field recordings of locations from The Glens.
This work complemented, Big Arts, a community landscape exhibition curated by project participant, Bridget Scally-Millar, at Glenmona House, Cushendun, 4– 5 May 2024.
The Creative Coast live performance was directed by Stephen Kelly, with performances by Bridget Scally-Millar, David Carr, Carole O’Hara, Brian O’Kelly, Mary Rose Black and Glenn Simpson, video design by Katy English, choreography by Philip Johnston and sound design by Fionnuala Fagan-Thiébot. This showcase event launched at The Old Church Centre, Cushendun, 6 May 2024, and was followed by an informal audience story-telling circle, facilitated by Liz Weir.
You can listen to the resulting twelve project soundscapes, including read poems by project participants here https://on.soundcloud.com/Ms3B...
