Events
Storm-Cloud commences in 2024 with a series of performances and dialogue events introducing the project to the public and supporting the development of a future programme of research, performance, public engagement, and exhibition around the themes of climate and pollution.
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This initial programme features a performed reading of 'Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century' by Dr Tom Payne at the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres; and the premiere of Storm-Cloud: Thrown into Form, an immersive reimagining of the lecture created for No Bounds festival, and presented in the Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Assocaition (SADACCA) G-Mill, a former smelting factory event space in the Wicker, Sheffield.
Storm-Cloud: Observations of the Sky
A brooding and visually arresting contemporary staging of Ruskin’s prophetic public lecture ‘Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century’ (1884). Performed and directed by Dr Tom Payne, with motion design by Jake Goodall, photography by Becky Payne, composition by David John Brady, illustration by Billy Hughes and Penny McCarthy, dramaturgical focus by Terry O’Connor, digital media production by Anne Doncaster and Richard Mather, and archival research by Ashley Gallant.
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19:00 Wednesday, 19 June 2024
The Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres
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Storm-Cloud: The Better Knowledge of Friends
A special dialogue-event hosted at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museums, following the performance of 'Storm-Cloud: Observations of the Sky’ at the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse on the evening of 19 June. Featuring a vibrant mix of invited artists, community organisers, and researchers, engaged in collaborative discussions that will shape the direction of Storm-Cloud: a significant interdisciplinary programme of research, performance, and exhibition.
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10:00 - 16:30 Thursday, 20 June 2024
The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Limited capacity, express interest through the contact form.
Programme information for delegates.
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Storm-Cloud: Thrown into Form
Storm-Cloud: Thrown into Form is an immersive experience in a former smelting factory that combines live performance, spoken text, digital projection, and a unique weather soundscape to conjure a striking atmosphere of environmental dis-ease that evokes the climate crisis. Created in response to the text of Ruskin’s lecture by an interdisciplinary team of artists and scientists led by performance maker Dr Tom Payne, with dramaturgical focus by Terry O’Connor, and presented as a special one-off performance at the G-Mill for No Bounds Festival 2024. This event features a collage of found and new writing, space data, climate science, and natural history alongside original composition by David John Brady, motion design by Jake Goodall, illustrations by Billy Hughes and Penny McCarthy, photography by Becky Payne, digital media by Richard Mather and Anne Doncaster, and archival research by Ashley Gallant.
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19:00 Friday, 12 October 2024
No Bounds Festival
The G-Mill, SADACCA
Further information and tickets TBA
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