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Century
Multimedia music theatre by Grant Gordon
Friday 7th October 2011 - 8.00 pm
A sensational 10 piece band brings you the story of the 20th
century through music, archive film, vintage photographs and spoken
word in an amazing new show based on true stories.
Grant's grandfather was convinced that they would inherit
the gold that General Gordon had hidden in the 1880s. Grant's father
worked with Lord Mountbatten and was part of the crew that flew him
to India to negotiate freedom for India in 1947. These stories are
woven into Century with the help of photographs and archive footage.
Grant's father was a keen photographer and film maker, worked with
Michael Powell on the film "A Matter of Life and Death", and made a
film about VE day. "Century" uses some of this film and photographs
combined with music and song to create a moving experience which
tells the story of the 20th Century.
Venue: Settle Victoria Hall
Tickets: £12 (concessions £10)
Early Bird online discount price: £10 / £8 (until 15 Sept)
Click here to Buy Tickets online
Grant Gordon
Grant is a musician, radio maker and writer. He played drums and
bass in the chart pop band The Divine Comedy, and has
played in and produced numerous bands over the years including his
own, I, Thalamus and Staff, and the Paul Okenfold project,
Moo.
He was the presenter/writer/producer of BBC Radio 4’s magic
programme Between Your Very Ears (2008) and also wrote,
produced and directed BBC Radio 2’s celebration of David Bowie,
Berlin:Soundz Decadent (2007). He has written and produced
audio visual material for BBC News in India and Vietnam, has written
about India for travel magazines, and is currently writing a book
about the British Raj (to be published 2011).
He was a theatre and comedy reviewer for The List magazine
in Edinburgh, is a published pantomime writer/composer & has
composed for film, theatre and TV. He has also written, directed and
produced several plays performed across the UK and at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival including the Guardian Award-nominated, Smoke.
He is a producer of Channel 4 ‘s Big Brother and ITV’s I’m A
Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! and has lectured on Reality TV at
the ICA and the Zero One Foundation in London. In the 90s he was
Channel 4’s parliamentary and corporate spy. He also ran two London
commercial recording studios from 2007-2009.
The Company
| Grant Gordon |
Writer, Musical Director, Director, Guitar,
Vocals |
| Ian Harris |
Actor, Violin |
| Garry
Hensey |
Instruments including
theremin and air raid siren |
| Gio
Sipiano |
Audio Visual Director,
Keyboards |
| Tom Aldwinckle |
Actor, Guitar, Vocals |
| Loveday Smith |
Trumpet, Vocals |
| Rhiannon Meades |
Vocals |
| Chris Warne |
Guitar, Percussion |
| Rudolf Smetana |
Keyboards, Guitar, Technical Assistant |
| Pascal Mindlin |
Visual Effects, VJ |
| Jari Vlckova |
Accordion, Vocals |
| Howard Payne |
Drums |
| Simone Coxall |
Movement Director |