NEWS

An archive of Cornish performance held by University College Falmouth (UCF) following generous donations from WILDWORKS, Kneehigh and the family of Nick Darke will ensure invaluable performance materials are preserved and kept in Cornwall. The launch of the Cornish Performance Archive (CPA) forms part of Platform, UCF’s new, year round programme of contemporary public performance launching this October and heralds the arrival of Theatre, Choreography and Music courses to Falmouth.

  Bill Mitchell, WILDWORKS Artistic Director commented: “We are proud to be asked to be part of the UCF archive of Cornish culture. We have long wanted to share our process and the reasoning behind our events with all those who might be curious about the work. We believe this new UCF archive of contemporary Cornish arts is important for the future. We need our work to be accessible to anyone who wishes to find out why we do what we do, why we did what we did and how WILDWORKS history, intention and values interconnect with the wider artistic community.”

UCF’s resident archivist, Sarah Jane, said “The foundation of the Cornish Performance Archive is a major achievement. Students, academics and members of the public will be able to access never seen before materials that document the artistic processes that influence Cornwall’s best known theatre companies and creative minds.  I hope these records will also act as inspiration to a wide range of practitioners in the artistic world”.

WILDWORKS is currently casting a spell over Kensington palace, creating a mysterious and atmospheric world for visitors to explore, and bringing the hidden stories of the historic royal residence dramatically to life. The Enchanted Palace has be awarded a special Editor’s Award for Innovation in Tourism at the 2010 Group Travel Awards

For more details on the exhibition and images please click on the icon the Enchanted Palace

 A delicious visual treat and an inspired way to bring history to life!

An Enchanted Palace visitor

ABOUT WILDWORKS

WILDWORKS produces unique landscape theatre in challenging places and with extraordinary communities. Our productions have been sited in old quarries, derelict mines, working fishing quays, abandoned department stores, a Napoleonic citadel, the Green Line in Nicosia… We have worked with gospel choirs, drama groups, local artists, surfers, tea dance regulars, North African migrants, cake-makers, ex-miners, a young hip-hop group, abseilers and a Hell’s Angels chapter.

Distinctively Cornish, WILDWORKS draws on a wider and older European tradition. At the same time it has elements in common with the best new work produced through the networks of Creation Centres and Festivals in Europe.

Drawing its power from community, it integrates music, dance and theatre. We use everything: food, stunning imagery, action, film, music and text to tell our story. Narrative is at the centre of our work. We bring the seeds of a story to a site and weave in the strands that tie people and place together.

As a company we are drawn to stories that are both epic and intimate, human stories that can touch and resonate with audiences across barriers of language, age and nationality. The strength of the work lies in the fusion of a strong sense of place, the power of people and the most distinct theatrical imagination Audiences all over Europe have responded with delight and no small sense of awe to this work.