Posts tagged Hanley Park
Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland – Potboiler Theatre
Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland – Potboiler Theatre

Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland is an audio drama project by Potboiler Theatre exploring young people’s experiences of being outdoors in Stoke-on-Trent. Through collected stories, audio plays, and a verbatim account of the city’s first Black Lives Matter protest, the work amplifies youth voices and local activism within Hanley Park.

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2020, Artist Development, Collaboration, Community-led, Outdoor Arts, Performance, Public Art, AudioJenny HarperYoung People, Black Lives Matter, Activism, Community-led, Youth Voice, Wellbeing, Safety, Urban Parks, Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Audio drama
Taking Up Space - Kwanzaa Collective
Taking Up Space - Kwanzaa Collective

Taking Up Space brings together Black women from Staffordshire to reclaim green spaces through walking, dance, and poetry. Initiated after the 2020 lockdown, the project culminated in dance and poetry performances filmed in Hanley Park.

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2020, Artist Development, Collaboration, Performance, Public Art, Workshop, Outdoor Arts, Community-ledJenny HarperFilm, Dance, Poetry, Black women, Women, Global Majority, Community-led, Wellbeing, Joy, Anti Racism, Urban Parks, Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire