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and Sunderland Cultural Partnership
Asunder - World Premiere
Sunderland Empire
Sunday 10th July 2016
To mark
the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, Sunderland Cultural Partnership and
1418 Now have come together to create Asunder – one of the North East’s most
significant commemorations of the WW1 Centenary.
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| HMS Opal, Sunderland |
In 1916 the North East was in the front line, thanks to its
shipyards and munitions factories. Asunder will tell the story of what happened
to a typical British town during the First World War, with virtually all of its
men abroad fighting and all of its women and children left behind.
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Ace
striker and
munitions
worker Bella Reay
©
Yvonne Crawford
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Through the stories of half a dozen people from Wearside and
Tyneside, we uncover just what life was like on the home front - with bombs
falling on Britain for the
first time, conscientious objectors sentenced to death, and women working as
doctors, tram conductors and footballers, some of them even wearing trousers. The world was changing.
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| Field Music |
The story is told through a beautiful film carefully crafted with archive and new footage,
narrated by Kate Adie with Alun Armstrong as the voice of the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette,
and a dramatic new soundtrack scored and performed live by Mercury Music Prize nominated Field Music, electronic music
duo Warm Digits and the world famous
Royal Northern Sinfonia.
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Vaux
Drayman George Thompson
and
his war horse
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Throughout the day on July 10 there will be activity in Sunderland city
centre to commemorate the lives of those affected by Battle of the Somme and the
events of 1916.
Asunder is co-commissioned by
Sunderland Cultural Partnership and 14-18 Now: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions,
supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council England, Heritage
Lottery Fund, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sir James Knott Trust
and Sunderland Business Improvement District.
On The
Web:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/asunder1916
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1916asunder
Tickets:
Asunder comes to Sunderland Empire on Sunday 10th July 2016. Doors
open 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Tickets, priced from £12*, are available from Sunderland
Empire Box Office 0844 871 3022 or www.atgtickets.com/asunder
*Booking fees apply
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