Clare and Sarah have now finished the research stage of their project ‘Benches’. After spending four weeks trawling the towns and parks of Stoke-on-Trent to find folks on benches (not easy in January!) they have been warmed by peoples willingness to talk, and be photographed! Clare and Sarah wish to extend their thanks to the many people who took the time to sit and chat with them.

Now Sarah is busying herself compiling all the photographs, testing out different benches and different backgrounds for the final image while Clare is choreographing a movement piece using recordings and stimulus from the research so far. Through this project they have commissioned local producer Paul Rogerson who has followed them about whilst recording sounds from the city to create an exciting original sound score which will accompany the dance piece in some spontaneous performances around the city, watch this space for more details….

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