Speaking Stones Crystal Palace

Funded on
16 Mar 2021

A free-to-access audio trail of Crystal Palace public art, engaging local people in its creation.

£7,891 Raised of £7,891

5 Backers

100%

Costs

Workshop Space £1,250
Composers £1,080
Producers £1,080
Recording Studio £1,000
Actors £768
Playwright (Workshop Leader) £540
Event Space £450
Editing Video and Audio £288
Photographer £252
Contingency at 5% £238
Other + £945

Marketing £200

Performance Poets £180

Website Maintenance £135

Venue overheads (heating, lighting, sundries) £96

Choir Leader £72

Translator £72

Employers Liability Insurance £60

Public Liability Insurance £50

DBS Checks £50

Flyers for Workshops and Live Event £30
Target: (inc. fees) £7,891

http://speakingstones.org

Critical Moment Theatre: new writing about how we live, from where we live.

We pioneer theatre in a variety of formats to enrich and connect today's communities.

Critical Moment launched in 2020 with Speaking Stones: Harringay and Beyond, a digital audio trail that brought isolated communites together in lockdown and gave a voice to the art on our streets.

The trail reached over 7,000 people across its various platforms (website, YouTube channel and GoogleMap) with engagement continuing to grow on Twitter.

We seek to connect local communities and we're committed to serving the community of emerging theatremakers in the early stages of their careers too. We provide paid opportunties for them to write and perform for a high-quality product.

For Speaking Stones: Harringay and Beyond, we provided work for 14 creatives at a time when many were without work because of the pandemic and excluded from other support.

Critical Moment Theatre is run by playwright Martin Malcolm and actor and composer Ryan Mellish.

Martin led writing workshops for Speaking Stones: Harringay and Beyond. He's written three plays for Theatre West and recent work includes Warped at VAULT Festival and The Signalman, which sold out at The Old Red Lion. He's had plays at Theatre 503, Southwark Playhouse and The Wardrobe, Bristol. His new audio play This Air We Breathe, is part of the 2021 Spring Season at The Space. Martin is a qualified teacher and has led play-writing workshops for Hackney Arts.

Ryan is an award-winning writer, actor, and composer. He served as a composer for Speaking Stones: Harringay and Beyond. He now works as a co-producer at Critical Moment with Martin. Ryan's credits include his original musical Heartbeat (Bath Fringe Festival), which partnered with MIND to open up discussions for young audiences around mental health. Ryan's work as a musical director includes leading drama/music workshops for young peoplefor Stagecoach and Infinite Arts.

Project Owner: Critical Moment Theatre The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.