20th January 2025 Uncategorized
MYSTERIOUS Music theatre artists in residence at The Bonnington Centre 26th to 31st Jan!
Composer Colum Findlay and writer/director Sarah Chew will be in residence at the Centre to write their new musical, Mysterious, a fantasy adventure about those who don’t fit in, those who can’t fit in, and those who choose to stand with them. During the week there will be a couple of pop up performances, and two workshops, which are free for Bonnington residents to attend. Sarah and Colum will also be offering open studio sessions where you can pop in to talk about their work, your work, or anything else you’d like a chat about!
If you would like to know more about open studios, please email sarahvchew@hotmail.com
Sunday 26th January, Workshops will take place at the Bonnington Centre :
2:15pm-5pm Fantasy character drawing session in the Top Room
Ever wanted to have a go at fantasy illustration? Ever wanted to explore how drawing can help with unlocking other creative activities? Join us – writer Sarah Chew and composer Colum Findlay – for a fun, creative session where we work from a clothed human model to create drawings of superhuman and magical characters, and look at how making drawings can help us make stories. We both use drawing in our creative practice, to unlock our ideas about characters and worldbuilding, and we are excited to share our ideas with you. You don’t need any existing drawing skills or experience to participate – just enthusiasm, and willingness to participate in some fun drawing exercises and games! We welcome all ages, but please ask that children attend with an adult.
Paper, pencils and a limited number of other drawing materials will be provided. If possible please bring a drawing board, clipboard, a hardback book – anything you can lean on as you draw – as we can only provide a limited number of these. If you have art materials you enjoy using, feel free to bring them!
Paper, pencils and a limited number of other drawing materials will be provided. If possible please bring a drawing board, clipboard, a hardback book – anything you can lean on as you draw – as we can only provide a limited number of these. If you have art materials you enjoy using, feel free to bring them!
Entry is free, you can reserve your place here https://www.outsavvy.com/
Please note: our apologies, this event is upstairs, there is no step free access. Please message us directly if you would like Zoom access to the session.
6pm-9pm Pop up choir in the Cafe
Ever wanted to be the first to sing material from a newly-written musical?
Writer Sarah Chew and composer Colum Findlay are artists in residence for a week at the Bonnington Centre, where they will be creating Mysterious, a new fantasy musical about those who don’t fit in, those who can’t fit in, and those who chose to stand with them.
Join them for a fun, free session singing some brand new songs from the show. You do not need to have any experience of singing in a choir, and you don’t need to be able to read music – just turn up and have fun!
You are also welcome to turn up just to listen. It may be possible to accommodate instrumentalists – please get in touch if you want to play an instrument and we can discuss.
Join them for a fun, free session singing some brand new songs from the show. You do not need to have any experience of singing in a choir, and you don’t need to be able to read music – just turn up and have fun!
You are also welcome to turn up just to listen. It may be possible to accommodate instrumentalists – please get in touch if you want to play an instrument and we can discuss.
Entry is free, you can reserve your place here https://www.outsavvy.com/
This event has step free access. Please message directly if you have other access requirements, we will do our best to meet access needs. This event is for ages 14 and over.
These events are kindly supported by Arts Council England
