Retold – A Night at the Coventry Evening Telegraph Building
Retold is an interactive, cabaret-style show, inspired by and using your stories of Coventry. Inspired by the Coventry Evening Telegraph foyer being the place people of Coventry gave their stories, placed their adverts and connected with the city, this piece is rooted in the Coventry stories and the history of the building. Real-life memories supplied by members of the community will be brought to life by a professional cast using dance and music, allowing audiences to bear witness to the many ways that Coventry has changed across the decades as it approaches its year as City of Culture in 2021.
Project Description
The iconic, 1950s Coventry Evening Telegraph building is a landmark. Its storeys are heavy with stories. The dusty air of the now abandoned newsroom is thick with them – flying from desk to desk soundtracked by the faint, staccato echo of long-silenced typewriters, dashing to deliver the day’s
deadline copy. Situated just over the road from the Belgrade Theatre – another hub for city storytelling – the Coventry Evening Telegraph building will soon enjoy a new lease of life as a beautiful hotel. But before that, for a brief moment in time, it will become a theatre.
Project Details
The performance will run for approximately 1 hour.
Coventry Telegraph Building
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 July 2018.
The capacity is approximately 120
Retold offered the chance to be part of the project by getting in touch to share your stories of the city. Choreographer and director Oliver Scott had called upon Coventrians to send in their favourite tales and anecdotes to be used as the basis for shows running throughout the week. In particular, he had been keen to hear about memorable moments spent in the city; favourite places in Coventry and why; stories from the past; and where you were during significant events that had taken place here.
There are several ways to take part, depending on how you like to communicate. You can email your stories to retold@mercurialdance.co.uk, or write a letter to Mercurial Dance, 11a Coventry Canal Basin, Leicester Row, CV1 4LH. You can also get in touch via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, using #RetoldCov and #CETtakeover.
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