Celebration of the Sea: Adult Creative Project

Programme dates, times & locations

Monday 29 June–Friday 3 July

Site Visits: Monday 29 June, 3.00pm–9.00pm at the Marina Theatre
Music workshops: 30 June–2 July, 10.00am–5.00pm at the Marina Theatre
Writing workshops: 30 June–2 July, 10.00am–1.00pm or 2.00pm–5.00pm at the Globe Inn
Performance 1: Friday 3 July, 1.00pm aboard the Mincarlo Trawler
Performance 2: Friday 3 July, 6.45pm at the Marina Theatre

The RPO and partners The Marina Theatre, Access Community Trust, Lowestoft Maritime Museum and the Mincarlo Trawler are putting on a creative festival week celebrating the maritime heritage of Lowestoft to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Battle of Lowestoft.

As part of the festival, 50 local adults are invited to take part in a week-long project creating original compositions about the local sea heritage in music and word. Beginning with group visits to explore the Lowestoft Maritime Museum and Mincarlo Trawler, participants will then spend three days working with either Royal Philharmonic Orchestra musicians or professional writer Dean Parkin to devise responses in music or word.

The group will perform their original pieces at two public performances on the final day of the festival: first aboard the Mincarlo Trawler for a lunchtime performance at 1.00pm, and again outside The Marina Theatre at 6.45pm - preceding the RPO’s related concert.

For more information, including the project schedule and information on how to join the project, please download the registration form (PDF).

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This project is supported by Suffolk Community Foundation.