Lightbox & The Sound Story

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Lightbox: ‘Birdman Finds the Others’

Hannah Dunster – Flute, Somang Lee – Live Illustration, Fernando do Morais Machado – Guitar


LightBox are a live performance, cross-arts trio specialising in the collaborative relationship between visual and sonic art. In a new work commissioned for The Wilding Festival, LightBox will be exploring the ongoing story of ‘Birdman’. Having already featured in their previous work, Birdman’s character so far has recently found his own singing voice within an already noisy city. His next challenge is to face a wall of silence and barriers. Now that he has found the freedom to express himself, how can he find the freedom to be recognised in a hostile world? We follow Birdman on his quest to open the hearts and minds of those around him to the beauty of the unknown.

The Sound Story

Ketan Kerai – Hang, Alice Barron – Violin, Dr Laura Nelson – Storyteller, Andrea Sangster – Storyteller

Death of a Suffragette

Emily’s Derby Day story is recreated from the reports of those who were there. Piecing together eyewitness statements from the Daily Mirror, the police, the horse’s jockey, the friend she went to the races with, plus the aftermath – the reaction from the establishment and Emily Pankhurst, the memorial, as well as the heartbreaking letters that lay on the bedside cabinet next to Emily on her deathbed – the tale is revealed. TheSoundStory relays these historical few days with readings from documents of the day set to a live and haunting musical accompaniment from hang drum and violin.

I Took on Hamleys

The day Dr Laura Nelson walked into Hamleys, the world-famous toystore in central London, was the day her life changed. She noticed that girls’ and boys’ toys were displayed separately which, it seemed to her, would influence the choices of children and parents and hence their futures and aspirations. So she waged a crusade for change. It was a tough fight with Hamleys, and ended up in a world-wide media feeding frenzy as the press got wind of the battle. Dr Laura is in the storychair to tell the tale of how you change women’s rights in the 21st century without a tragedy, with the accompaniment of music, sound effects and captivating drama.