Updates

Bollywood on VHS, walkmans and recording the Top 40 charts onto cassette tape: Dawinder Bansal tells us why she and Martyn Ware have created a project about finding love in the 1980s

Nilupa Yasmin tells us about her Here and Now Project with Midlands Arts Centre, and how it connects her to her grandmother.

For their Here and Now project with Brewery Arts Centre, imitating the dog will draw on collected stories from the streets of Cumbria to create a multimedia walk-through installation. We spoke to the team about what’s happened so far…

“This bit of creativity in our own little family and the kindness shown to us because of it, has rather saved us through this period” – a blog by Lorna Rees, Gobbledegook Theatre

Following updated government guidelines, we have taken the decision to extend the Here and Now project beyond 2020, to allow some venues to pause their activity now if they need to.

“One night, after singing an Iranian song to send my son to sleep, I was looking out of my window and imagining how many others might be singing songs in different languages.”

The story of the process of creating the Albany’s Here and Now project, led by artists Louise Mari and Nigel Barrett

“To create a real sense of place, people must be able to look at gallery walls and see themselves.”

Artists Jade Spranklen and Siobhan Hogan held a consultation session with young people at their local Neighbourhood Centre to start preparations for their interactive online space which will showcase people’s hidden artistic talents.

Annabel Turpin says Here and Now will strive to represent the whole of England – read more in this article from The Stage