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| 'A Wondrous Place' aims to change out-dated views of northern England | 'A Wondrous Place' aims to change out-dated views of northern England |
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| A group of writers and artists from across the north are coming together to create a theatrical performance that hopes to dispel some of the myths about northern-ness. | A group of writers and artists from across the north are coming together to create a theatrical performance that hopes to dispel some of the myths about northern-ness. |
| The final production, featuring four short stories from Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield, will be called A Wondrous Place and will tour to each of the cities next year. | The final production, featuring four short stories from Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield, will be called A Wondrous Place and will tour to each of the cities next year. |
| The group, called Northern Spirit, is looking for contributions from the public to help define the final production. | The group, called Northern Spirit, is looking for contributions from the public to help define the final production. |
| A blog has been set up, and each week a different artist will contribute, hoping to attract comments and contributions from the public. So far, the contributors have been Missy Tassles, a graphic artist from Sheffield, Amy Roberts, a writer from Liverpool and, this week, Natalie Bradbury, a writer and curator from Manchester. The blog will continue until Christmas, and members of the public who would like to contribute for a week are invited to send a 100 word precis here on how they would illuminate the city they love. | A blog has been set up, and each week a different artist will contribute, hoping to attract comments and contributions from the public. So far, the contributors have been Missy Tassles, a graphic artist from Sheffield, Amy Roberts, a writer from Liverpool and, this week, Natalie Bradbury, a writer and curator from Manchester. The blog will continue until Christmas, and members of the public who would like to contribute for a week are invited to send a 100 word precis here on how they would illuminate the city they love. |
| Each contributor will have the blog for a week, ending it with a question to their successor in the next city – so graphic artist Missy Tassles from Sheffield asked Liverpool-based writer Amy Roberts | Each contributor will have the blog for a week, ending it with a question to their successor in the next city – so graphic artist Missy Tassles from Sheffield asked Liverpool-based writer Amy Roberts |
| what's the best place in Liverpool to mooch about for secondhand and vintage tat with friends and then go for a great big (veggie) fry-up breakfast and mug of tea?. | what's the best place in Liverpool to mooch about for secondhand and vintage tat with friends and then go for a great big (veggie) fry-up breakfast and mug of tea?. |
| This week's contributor Natalie Bradbury, is | This week's contributor Natalie Bradbury, is |
| using this blog to share some of my favourite northern food experiences. | using this blog to share some of my favourite northern food experiences. |
Already she has waxed lyrical about Preston's butter pie (pastry, potatoes and "lashings of butter") and the new Manchester egg (pickled egg wrapped in black pudding, and then the usual sausage-meat and breadcrumbs). Later this week she will be treating us to her experiences of making Eccles cakes. | Already she has waxed lyrical about Preston's butter pie (pastry, potatoes and "lashings of butter") and the new Manchester egg (pickled egg wrapped in black pudding, and then the usual sausage-meat and breadcrumbs). Later this week she will be treating us to her experiences of making Eccles cakes. |
| Chris Meads, who will be directing the theatrical production once it's written, said: | Chris Meads, who will be directing the theatrical production once it's written, said: |
| If the theatre expresses the North at all, it will be either a sentimental north of the past, or a north of struggle, hardship and social deprivation, or a place that people need to escape from. That's just not how it is now, and it's not the image we see when we live and work in these incredible towns and cities. We felt it was time to present a more positive, more surprising and more up to date idea of what drama from and located in the north of England can be, and challenge the common 'grim-up North' theatrical clichés. But it's a big image problem that can't be tackled by one region alone, or by a group of artists working behind closed doors. | If the theatre expresses the North at all, it will be either a sentimental north of the past, or a north of struggle, hardship and social deprivation, or a place that people need to escape from. That's just not how it is now, and it's not the image we see when we live and work in these incredible towns and cities. We felt it was time to present a more positive, more surprising and more up to date idea of what drama from and located in the north of England can be, and challenge the common 'grim-up North' theatrical clichés. But it's a big image problem that can't be tackled by one region alone, or by a group of artists working behind closed doors. |
| The guest curators will fill their blog in whatever format they like – from prose to graphic art, poetry, music, video and photographs. The bloggers are all planning to come together to discuss their ideas at the Durham Book Festival on October 29th. | The guest curators will fill their blog in whatever format they like – from prose to graphic art, poetry, music, video and photographs. The bloggers are all planning to come together to discuss their ideas at the Durham Book Festival on October 29th. |
| The project is being developed by New Writing North. | The project is being developed by New Writing North. |
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