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Between the Mountains and the Sea is an ambitious project, co-creating a large scale outdoor visual theatre production of a brand new folktale in autumn 2025 in partnership with Moray communities alongside professional artists, cultural organisations and theatre makers.
Imagine walls of choral sound, magnificent sculptural costumes, illuminated cavalcades of storytellers, fiery effigies and quiet exchanges of words of hope for the future.
We are looking for community groups and individuals to take part in the first phase of this exciting project, where we will discover the characters and creatures in our story. We invite you to help us create them!
Projects as ambitious as this don't happen quickly! It will take place over two years in three phases, or 'chapters' as we're calling them.
Funded by UK Shared Prosperity Arts and Culture Fund, Chapter One will see creative sessions with communities across Moray to uncover characters and themes for a new folktale. This chapter will culminate in an informal sharing event at the summer solstice on Fri 21 June with food, story, song and artwork created with the community.
Chapter Two - The Longest Night (August-November 2024)
Chapter Two will see communities and the creative team collaborate to refine the story created in Chapter One and present this as a shadow play at a winter shindig complete with song, feasting and dancing at the end of 2024.
Chapter Three - Equilibrium (April-September 2025)
In 2025, the ambition for Chapter Three would be the development of the piece into a full large-scale community production, bringing together a large multi-generational community cast, professional artists and massed community choirs to create a spectacular outdoor performance.
We are currently seeking funding and sponsorship for Chapters Two and Three.
With thanks to National Theatre Scotland and Eden Court for supporting the research and development phase of this project through the NTS Discover (Highland) Residency.
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