“Fantastic - funny, big-hearted, moving and truthful.”
Is there a guitar propped up in your bedroom? A drum kit gathering dust in your garage? A trumpet boxed up in the attic? Well, blow off the dust. We're putting the band back together!
Part riotous gig, part tender storytelling, Ross Millard (The Futureheads), Maria Crocker and Alex Elliott reveal epic emotions within our relationships with music.
So far 450 people have joined the house band, across 55 performances. Writer, Maddy Costa, interviewed over 30 of them along the way to produce this beautiful 'zine. Read about their experiences in the house band, and what has happened since, here: Stories from the House Band.
Buy the music
Putting The Band Back Together CD
£7.20 (including postage and VAT)
We are delighted to have recorded the music from Putting The Band Back Together. If you saw the show, and you're still humming the songs, this CD can be yours for just a fiver.
Songs and music composed by Ross Millard, with lyrics written in collaboration with Chloe Daykin, Maria Crocker, Alex Elliott, Annie Rigby, Mark and Kylie Lloyd.
Recorded by Ross Millard, Maria Crocker, Alex Elliott, Mark Lloyd and Annie Rigby.
Winner: Performance of the Year, Journal Culture Awards 2017
Presented in association with LittleMighty.
Creative Team
Director
Annie Rigby
Writer
Chloe Daykin
Designer
Lily Arnold
Performers & Devisors
Maria Crocker, Alex Elliott, Ross Millard
Music Director & Composer
Ross Millard
Collaborator
Mark Lloyd
Sound Designer
Josep Bria
Production Team
Simon Henderson, Dan Johnston, Carl Moir
Photography
Richard Davenport
Graphic Design
Wayne Gamble
Commissioned by Cultural Spring in South Shields and Sunderland.
A Street Like This is a new production from Unfolding Theatre about the unexpected friendships that arise when something unforeseen happens, changing the way people define themselves forever.
Set – and created - in Sunderland, A Street Like This explores what unifies people in a city, where division exists, and what keeps people apart. What change could happen in a city like Sunderland that reminds us we’ve got more in common than divides us?
Alex wearing an apron throws flour in the air, raining down over Luca with her arms open.
Celebrating Age aims to promote a positive image of ageing; challenging outdated negative preconceptions, and actively engage older people in their local communities. Together we answer and explore the question; “what would an age-friendly world look like to you”?
A series of creative summer workshops for deaf children and young people that explore creative writing, acting, lighting and backstage skills.
