A project to translate traditional folk ballads into theatre has been chosen as the winning commission by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS).
The Theatre Ballads will be developed by Horse + Bamboo Theatre, thanks to funding from PRS for Music Foundation’s Talent Development Partner scheme, and feature singers and musicians Bryony Griffith, Kate Locksley, Ewan McLennan and John Kirkpatrick alongside puppeteer Gretchen Maynard-Hahn.
The Lancashire based organisation will receive a £4,000 bursary to research and develop commission in collaboration with EFDSS, The Met Bury and Colston Hall in Bristol.
The show will debut at the home of EFDSS, Cecil Sharp House in London, on 23 March 2017 followed by performances at Colston Hall on 24 March and The Met on 25 March.
Producer Esther Ferry-Kennington from Horse + Bamboo Theatre said: ‘We are delighted to have won the commission award. We aim to create an evocative new look at visual theatre and folk music combining voices, harmonies, stories, puppets, music and animation.
‘This is a new style of performance somewhere between an evening at the theatre and a music gig. It will bring theatre to the traditional music audience and traditional music to a theatre audience.
EFDSS has also made three awards of £750 through its Creative Seed Funding Programme that was also funded by the PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development Partner scheme.
Kirsty Merryn, Germa Adan and Kitty Macfarlane were recipients.
The funding programmes come under the umbrella of EFDSS’ Artists’ Development Programme providing professional development support, both creative and business, to artists at all levels of their career.
The Theatre Ballads will be developed by Horse + Bamboo Theatre, thanks to funding from PRS for Music Foundation’s Talent Development Partner scheme, and feature singers and musicians Bryony Griffith, Kate Locksley, Ewan McLennan and John Kirkpatrick alongside puppeteer Gretchen Maynard-Hahn.
The Lancashire based organisation will receive a £4,000 bursary to research and develop commission in collaboration with EFDSS, The Met Bury and Colston Hall in Bristol.
The show will debut at the home of EFDSS, Cecil Sharp House in London, on 23 March 2017 followed by performances at Colston Hall on 24 March and The Met on 25 March.
Producer Esther Ferry-Kennington from Horse + Bamboo Theatre said: ‘We are delighted to have won the commission award. We aim to create an evocative new look at visual theatre and folk music combining voices, harmonies, stories, puppets, music and animation.
‘This is a new style of performance somewhere between an evening at the theatre and a music gig. It will bring theatre to the traditional music audience and traditional music to a theatre audience.
EFDSS has also made three awards of £750 through its Creative Seed Funding Programme that was also funded by the PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development Partner scheme.
Kirsty Merryn, Germa Adan and Kitty Macfarlane were recipients.
The funding programmes come under the umbrella of EFDSS’ Artists’ Development Programme providing professional development support, both creative and business, to artists at all levels of their career.
