Doncaster Cyclops
- Aim: Part of the National Theatre’s Public Acts initiative. ‘Public Acts builds sustained partnerships with theatres and community organisations across the UK who share our vision of theatre as a force for change’. 2022-2023 saw five episodes from The Odyssey made by local artists, organisations and communities across England in theatrical contexts. Episode 1 (The Lotus Eaters) in Stoke-on-Trent; Episode 2 (The Cyclops) in Doncaster; Episode 3 (Aeolus and the Four Winds) in Trowbridge, Wilts; Episode 4 (Scylla and Charybdis and the Cattle of Helios) in Sunderland; Episode 5 (The Underworld) performed at National Theatre with representation from all the regional companies. The aim was to adapt the epic poem as a ‘universal story of resilience, loss, healing and hope.’
Troiccca Collaborative Art Group
Aim: TROIIICA was formed by Brian Baker, Anthony Ynohtna and Rita Ann Jones in 2021 through interests and shared experiences, realised during their studies at the North Wales School of Art at Wrexham University. Their work is presented bilingually, in Cymraeg and in English, and has a recurrent emphasis on connection across spaces, cultures and languages. Through a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary art, TROIIICA create works heavily inspired and influenced by the relationship between mental health, wellbeing and cross-media art practices. Mae Troiiica yn chwilio am ffyrdd newydd o fynegi hyn trwy arferion agored ac archwilio, gwerthoedd a diddordebau a rennir, a dealltwriaeth a gwerthfawrogiad o wahaniaeth.
Contemporary Women's Icons
Aim: Our project uses practices and techniques associated with traditional iconography to help further understanding of different belief systems and transcendent realities. The project is not focused on introducing non-Christian communities to the practice of iconography, but rather on giving these communities the chance to express their own faiths and realities through engaging with the icon-making process. Our icon-making workshops draw on traditional rituals and techniques from iconography to give participants the opportunity to create icons of inspirational figures from communities and groups that aren’t always seen in sacred art. In this way, we combine the two definitions of “icon” as a devotional image of a holy figure and a celebrated person who has become a symbol for a wider secular community.
