At our AGM at Parkfield 2nd May it was announced:
We are going on a BIG adventure!
In the words of the Quest Play Coordinator, Sarah-Jane Lowson:
We’re going on the biggest adventure we’ve ever been on and it’s right here in Torbay.
If you go over the hill in any direction, you’ll find drop dead gorgeous and weird and wonderful places to explore right on our doorstep, places like Greenway, Cockington Court and Torquay Museum but chances are you’ve only been there with school or with us if you belong to FUNk.
We want you to come to all of these places but not just for a visit – we want you to lead a creative team made up of local artists like Kate from FUNk and Mitch on sound and artists from a bit further away like the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, the egg children’s theatre in Bath and Forkbeard Fantasy who have over 35 years’ experience of creating films, animations, theatre shows and interactive exhibitions.
We want you to make up the best adventure ever for these spaces and we want you to have a bit of an adventure whilst you’re doing it. We want children, parents, carers, any one who’s up for an adventure to get involved.
Where we are right now is going to be the Creative hub for this project. This is where we’ll make, animate, and build Quest Play Torbay.
It will be mad, it will be playful, and whatever you create in each space will belong to you, there will be big performances, grand openings and fingers crossed a digital trail depicting what you have created.
This project is brand new with a brand new way of thinking attached – we’ve been asked to road test this by the Arts Council (they’re who gave us some of the money) and what we do here in Torbay maybe the start of a quest play that spreads out across the whole of the SW with 1000’s of children taking up the challenge.
We can not wait! If YOU want to join in, call us now (01803) 850157 or email sarah-jane@playtorbay.org.uk
(sound mix in link above by Mitch Knight – Pump It Louder)
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