St Leonards is gearing up to fête one of our great nineteenth century novels in a unique fashion, capitalising on the wealth of artistic talent and creative skills in the area. Gail Borrow of ExploreTheArch theatre company is the catalyst who has inspired a whole community to celebrate a novel written 170 years ago.
Warning: expect ruthless pickpockets, disreputable lawyers, plagiarizing critics, drunkards and highwaypersons to invade St Leonards this Christmas Season… Erica Smith steps into the House of the Dark and Stormy Night and explores Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 classic novel, Paul Clifford.
Political prisoners, intrepid smugglers and a boy’s coming of age in a magical and monumental landscape – writer Sara Harris explores the context for Siberia landing on our doorstep.
Following on from the huge success of their created houses for Burns Night, St Patrick’s Day and St David’s Day, the Explore the Arch team end their current season applying their own brand of celebration to St George’s Day.
Did you know that a shamrock exists in five forms as well as not existing at all? Those were the findings of a study conducted twenty years ago in which members of the public submitted the plant they considered to be a shamrock. Not found in botanical listings, the name shamrock is synonymous with the celebration of Irish culture. Five clover type plants were identified as popularly considered a shamrock.
Following on from the very successful Burns Night, the motto for next Monday and Tuesday’s feast in The House of St David is ‘Feed me til I want no more’. A ticket includes a fab dinner of tarts with Welsh flavours and clever evocations of Welsh rarebit and cake as well as cultural slap-up nourishment with Welsh performance ingredients.
Explore The Arch is a series of playful, inquisitive and experiential evenings in celebration of days less ordinary. The first of four events takes place on 25 January, as part of Burns Night, and again on 26 January. Is it theatre? Is it an art installation? Or is it performance? In fact it is a holy mash up of all these things and more. Erica Smith donned her sporan and went to meet the instigator of this extraordinary interactive event.
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