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SPILL Festival, Ipswich
1st – 2nd November, 2012
An audio-visual guided tour for a train journey from Ipswich to Felixstowe; a railway journey rich in history which passes through diverse landscape and diverse communities. Perhaps this small corner of the UK plays a vital role in your life? Come with us and make yourself comfortable, as we take you on a journey that explores past and future; local and global; land and sea.
Credits:
Devised and written by: Charlotte Hodkinson, Bii Orprasert, Camila Ymay Gonzalez Ortiz, Simone Waller
Original composition, sound design and recording by: Jonny Pilcher
Performers: Christian Das, Alan Dix, Tony Gomez, Charlotte Hodkinson, Stefan Jakabovic, Jess Latham, Alan Low, Michaela Grimes, Gemma Mays, Spike Mclarrity, Seani Moore, Bii Orprasert, Steve Remblance, Anna Rowe, Laurence Scott, David Sibley, Claire Simpson, Simone Waller
With special thanks to:
University Campus Suffolk and Atrium Studios, especially Carol Gant, Melanie Reid and Noyale Colin; the Romanus family; Pacitti Company; Kate Gladwell at Ipswich Council; the staff at Ipswich Train station; the staff at the Port of Felixstowe, especially John Kornjaca; the staff at Felixstowe Seafearers Centre, especially Pete, Len and Rick; St Elizabeth Hospice Felixstowe; Bryan Frost and Rosemary Gitsham; Sue Clements and Ipswich Council for Voluntary Services.
Supported by Arts Council England and National Lottery, Greater Anglia as part of SPILL Festival of Performance 2012.