We’re here because we’re here Engaging Thirty Million People with First World War Heritage through the Transformative Power of the Arts and Digital Media Lucy Shorrocks, Morris Hargreaves McIntyre Visitor Research Forum 2018
We’re here because we’re here Engaging Thirty Million People with First World War Heritage through the
Transformative Power of the Arts and Digital Media
Lucy Shorrocks, Morris Hargreaves McIntyre
Visitor Research Forum 2018
14-18 NOW, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the National Theatre,
with Lyric Theatre Belfast, Manchester Royal Exchange,
National Theatre of Scotland, National Theatre Wales, Northern Stage, Playhouse
Derry-Londonderry, Salisbury Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres and
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Supported by Aberystwyth Arts Centre, The Belgrade Theatre,
Birmingham Metropolitan Academy of Performing Arts, Bolton Octagon, Bristol Old
Vic, Storyhouse, Left Coast, Leicester Curve, Nuffield Theatre, Oldham Coliseum,
Pontio, Shetland Arts, The Garrick Lichfield and Volcano
Media partner: BBC. Support from an Ambition for Excellence Award from Arts Council England and by the Heritage
Lottery Fund, with additional support from Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Creative Scotland and Art Fund.
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‘The artistic vision was so
well thought through and
well handled - the silence,
the cards, the performance
language. There was such
careful development and
testing. It was a living piece
of art and a piece of theatre
– alive in that moment.
They had thought about the
audience experience so
much.’ Hub Associate Director
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‘It has cemented my
desire to produce
and develop more
projects which take
place in the public
realm.’ Producer
‘Theatres spend so
much time
considering how to
get people into their
buildings, this has
turned this idea on
its head.’ Partner workshop
attendee
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Something that could have
gone horribly wrong on
social media went brilliantly
right. We were quite cynical
about social media. But this
has been an overwhelmingly
positive example of how
social media can bring
people together and what it
can be.’ Partner survey respondent
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‘Jeremy Deller’s
We’re Here
Because We’re
Here was a
masterstroke of
commemoration that
embraced the
widest possible
constituency of
people. By the end
of the day the nation
was engaged and
moved — truly
remarkable.’ Maria
Balshaw, Director Designate
Tate, The Arts Newspaper
Lucy Shorrocks
Director (Australia & New Zealand)
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