
Re-imagining Home
This project was designed to be created together by Story Rebels of all ages. They followed our story guides, Lisa and Hywel, across three different lands and explored the cave, the wasteland and the new world of Anksi. These settings provided a creative space for Story Rebels to make stories and fictional histories together using music, words, images, objects and materials. Following a narrative structure, activities started by mapping the setting and then moved into developing character and place. Story Rebels were encouraged to record their journey and share their stories by uploading their creations, changing the course of the narrative as they did so. This was a collaborative project by Story Makers Company, Leeds Beckett University, created with several brilliant story weavers.
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Story Makers Company uses drama to raise awareness about human understanding and experience. The Reimagining Home project was designed to respond to a time of global crisis by celebrating the joy and wellbeing associated with ‘making’ creatively together. The project also explored eco-literacy or the understanding of the ways in which we can look after our planet, and global citizenship or the ways that we can live together in ethical and meaningful ways.
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Let’s imagine a new world together!
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This project wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Leeds 2023 and the following partners:
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Story Makers Company – Lead artist organisation
Lisa Stephenson – Director
Ana Arede – Project Coordinator
Lucas Creighton – Digital artist and environment creator
Neil Priestley – Technician
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Artist partners
Hywel Roberts - Artist Educator
Vicky Storey - Chol Theatre
Alastair Daniel - Storyteller
Nadine Kaadan - Author and Illustrator
Melanie Hollis – Collections and Learning Curator Ipswich Museum
Chloe Coleman - Education Officer, Royal Armouries Museum
Abdullah Adekola – Poet
Tom Jordan – Initial concept artist, Interplay Theatre
Teach the Future
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With special thanks to the British Library for use of their online resources.
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