Local and Live Festival
October 2020 to June 2021
The Local and Live Festival delivered:
- opportunities for local creatives to perform to small live audiences
- public confidence in a safe return to indoor arts events after the pandemic restrictions
- a period of employment for performers, technicians and event staff.
- Investment in training and equipment to record and stream events, to widen audience opportunities and as a contingency against further lockdowns
The nine recordings produced during the Local and Live festival are on our website:
https://www.shorehamwordfest.com/wordfest-videos/
Here is a selection of photos from the 22 live events and 9 recordings
Advance Publicity
Our Trial Events and first recordings
Children’s Poetry Awards
Poetry and Short Story Awards
Front of house preparation
Welcome back to live music: Alfonso the Magnificent
Thomas Taylor author session
Welcome back to live music: The Noise Next Door
Thomas Taylor author session
Welcome back to live music: The Noise Next Door
Looking after the audience
Dr John Froude talking about his book: “Plagued” Friday 30 October
The Programme Director waving goodbye to November’s events!
A brief welcome back in December
Three Penny Piece
A Christmas Carol: This is My Theatre
Our first virtual event in lockdown
We start again May 2021
A Hatful of Rain
Joshua Crisp: Tales of Hercules
Louise Peskett: Notorious Women
Rewilding the Seas with Henri Brocklebank: live audience and simultaneous stream
Ending the War on Nature
Chris Hare book signing
Duck Pond Sailors
Colin Grant reading from The Homecoming – Tales of the Windrush Generation
Amy Zamarippa Solis
Sheila Auguste
Writing Our Legacy event
A Selection of the 420 Feedback Forms
