The idea
Taking place during the London Festival of Architecture, the installation will be constructed primarily using wood pallets and other recycled materials. We hope to engage the local community not just in the event on the day but also in the process of creating it and are offering opportunities to volunteer to help with the build and will host to the work of local filmmakers and performers.
This year’s London Festival of Architecture’s theme is Memory and so our theatre pieces will be loosely based on the memories of people who live and work in Hackney, gathered in the Hackney Stories project.
By activating this underused urban site, an ampitheatre like, concrete bowl, we hope to draw attention to the possibilities of the site and that the project will become part of the area’s regeneration and be a recurrent event, which brings life to the site for a longer duration.
What we'll deliver
- Hold a build workshop
- Hold a day of storytelling and theatre
- Hold storytelling workshops
- Show films in the evening
- Work with the community to develop the Story of Hackney
Why it's a great idea
We hope this will be an engaging, informative and fun day which
engages large sections of a diverse community. We want not just to share the end result with the community but to work with the community to develop the theatre and the stories which are told.
As we lead up to the day we will hold a series of design workshops in which we will share our design process. This will be open to the community and be an opportunity for people to learn about architecture and building and get involved with the build.
This project will provide a platform for local filmmakers and hopefully bring theatre to a wide audience.
Steps to get it done
- Finalising palate seating design - building prototype
- Hiring Cinema equipment
- Ordering Wood pallets
- Recruiting remaining creative team
- Recruiting staff/volunteers
- Complete Design R&D
- Paper marketing
- Pay for film licences
- Starting Rehearsals
- Workshop storytelling with the community, actors and directors
