Hear My Voice at The Hypatia Trust audience feedback and ideas re inclusive audiences and news

Written audience response from show...

"A great programme!! So Powerful!!"

"POWERFUL + so enjoyable."

"Sensitive and beautiful. Thank you."

"One of the best things I've seen."

"- the fact that the music/sounds wasn't loud, made it more powerful . !!"
( the warm up was fine and then the music dropped? and i couldn't find out why and didn't want to break the flow so the show went on! oops and bother, but feedback was it was ok and it was a small intimate space)

"Thank you x
it was powerful and beautiful" 
Zoe

"VERY
POWERFUL
WONDERFUL"

"Very
Powerful!
informative
+ enjoyable -
loved it" jx

"so enjoyed it -
powerful speech
expressive dance
go on! and 
tell the world"

"Really good!
So powerful!
Loved it!"
Skye-Anna

email feedback 
"What a treat it was!  I have kept remembering the performance all yesterday and this morning - every time I think of it I see that room suffused with light.  What a beautiful and powerful piece you ( all ) have created.  I particularly loved the movement done by the lady ( Zoe Wilton) in the red dress."

"Very inspiring show and loving it, great to see what you can make in half an hour, and it was great to see Shallal without me in it for a change. Look forward to any other future projects, and can't way to come back to Shallal 2 for a change, that will be nice. It was great getting everyone to meet Lily." 
Eddie

( We were really pleased to meet Lily http://www.shallalstudios.com/lily-harvey.html who was visiting Eddie from Spain)

Many thanks again to Delpha at The Hypatia Trust for hosting us.
"Thank you so much for today. Please pass on to everyone that they were brilliant and as well as performing beautifully very helpful tidying everything away. Its the first event of this kind that we have done  - so thank you for everything!
thanks again for bringing the space to life - it was a wonderful event" 
- from Delpha to the company

introducing the show

 I have a new trial vision for performances which aren't in theatres, of their being free and asking for donations, at the end i think might be best. Real inclusion needs to be with our audience as well as the performers.
When we had 4 young children we never went to the theatre we couldn't afford it, as they got older with more specific taste we went in twos or threes to something special to them.
Recently we have reassured support workers that we are ok with a woman who made sounds and needed to pace about and also ok in that show if she wanted to walk into the performance space - it was all improv anyway!! so the person supporting her was able to relax a bit and they could both see the show. Sometimes you don't want to commit to a high cost if the person you are with might not enjoy it or need to leave early. People are often on a diet of tribute bands, pantomine and known shows, stories, styles and don't go to new, unknown events and types of performance.
Today someone came with invisible/unseen health issues and can't sit through the length of many performances without needing to move around, this show was short 30mins but also she had been reassured by a performer who was a friend that moving was ok.
I recently listened to authors on Radio 4 talking about publishing their work and wanting to reach people. We want to reach people so now we are embarking on getting these 2 ( easily portable ) shows out...and building our audience:
Hear My Voice as like the title some of it so relevant and needs to be heard,
 and
Embodied Space, because i love that way of working and it is quite radical and needs to be seen.
In the company it pushes us all and we really enjoy it and learn from each time.

Thank you to our audience.
We all learn so much together.

Skye has her single out!!

https://www.facebook.com/skyeannamusic/
BREATHE IS OUT NOW on all major streaming platforms!

Links below:

Spotify: bit.ly/spotifyBreathe
iTunes/Apple Music: bit.ly/itunesBreathe
Tidal: bit.ly/TidalBreathe
Deezer: bit.ly/DeezerBreathe
Etc...

Check it out!

so excited and pleased for her and we are having a Benefit featuring Skye Saturday April 13 just awaiting final confirmation of the date with the venue and Nordic Skiers will be supporting her - fun!

Nice to be invited back in April to Get Changed Theatre co to run a workshop as they create a new show.
Looking forward to Shallal Dance Theatre working with Harry Theaker on a short film for a project in March.
Plans to film and photograph 'Hear My Voice' at it's next outing - thank you to Emily and Martha for offering their time and skills.
Anna is in Residency with Breathing Space https://www.dancecentred.co.uk/breathingspace in March she is supported in this by Falmouth Art Gallery.

George is back from US and Pep returns soon from Catalonia.

Love and best wishes to those who have been ill this winter - hope to see you soon!