London Borough of Culture 2022 – Lewisham
As part of London Borough of Culture in Lewisham 2022, Teatro Vivo were commissioned as ‘Artists of Change‘.
For 6 months we were embedded with the Climate resilience team at Lewisham Council – learning about the work they do and exploring the way they make change happen.
Our Lewisham Usherettes headed out onto the the streets of Lewisham to talk with the public about what we’d found out, and gather the thoughts and opinions of Lewisham residents about how we can use climate adaptation to make the borough the best it can possibly be.
We ran workshops with 19 community groups (one for each ward in the borough) to explore all these ideas.
All this work inspired a 20 minute show called ‘Lewisham Speaks’ that was performed on the streets of every ward in Lewisham between 21st June and 3rd July 2022 in 22 locations.
Even though the show has finished you can perform it yourself, or with a group of friends, at your work place, or at your school. Find out how.
The show included community performers from across the borough working alongside professional actors.
Directed and Produced by: Kas Darley & Mark Stevenson
Performed by: Jess Barker-Wren & Leann O’Kasi
Stage Manager: Jessica Fulton
Engagement Manager: Kelsey Yuhara
Senior Producer for Lewisham Borough of Culture: Rachel Harris
Programme Co-ordinator for Lewisham Council: Ivie Bartlett
Producer for Counterpoints Arts: Dijana Rakovic
With thanks to: Martin O’Brien and the Climate Resilience team
Community Chorus Performers:
Raymond Bishop
Tatiana Biyiha
Kam-Mei Chak
Steve Cox
Murat Demircan
Sherine Gordon
Roz Hardie
Aleks Ivackovic
Wendy Neville
Susie New
Mark Newman
Julie Ogonya
Alex Owen
Sheila Warr
Jackie Withnall
Anthea Wormington
Mutete Yongo Lea
Borough of Culture Creative Assistants :
Serge Dihoulou
Kieran Jackson
Mikhayla Mulvanerty
Joyce Osahon
Alexander Owen
Shaquille Smith
Usherettes:
Jessica Barker Wren
Debbie Bridge
Julie Cheung-Inhin
Nichole Cook
Claire Emmott
Charles Furness
Noemi Gunea
Grace Lambert
Rebecca Peyton
Hannah Roze-Lewis
Cassie Symes
Seda Yildiz
Kelsey Yuhara
Workshop Leaders:
Justin Allder
Jo Carey
Nichole Cook
Stephen Davidson
Lisa Greenwood
Sharon Kanolik
Laura Mcfall
Stewart Melton
Mark Stevenson
Community Groups involved include:
Arts Network
Bank of things/Young Advisors
Blackheath Creatives Pop-up
Branching Out
The Diamond Club
Downham Men’s Group
Ignition Brewery/Lewisham Mencap
Forest Hill Society/Albion Millenium Green
Frendsbury Gardens Volunteers
Grove Park Youth Club
Mary the Virgin in Lewisham
Peace of Cake/Goldsmiths Community Centre
RockI
Rushey Green Time Bank
St. Peter’s Brockley
Stanstead Lodge
Voices In Motion
999 Club
Here are some evaluations of the project:
casestudy8-artistsofchangelewishamspeaks31.01.pdf
civicfutures-rachelharris_dijanarakovic-planb_v5.pdf
Artists of Change is presented in association with
London Borough of Culture is a
Mayor of London initiative
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