Women & Theatre are working in partnership with the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) in the delivery of a participatory heritage project exploring the experiences of young men and boys from Birmingham during WWI.
The project will bring together a group of 14-25 year old males to research the experiences of young recruits during WWI and share them through live performances around an old drill hall site area in Thorp Street, a temporary exhibition at the RRF Museum and this digital archive. We will be updating this blog with material as the project progresses, and hope you will enjoy an insight into the process.We are very fortunate to have received funding for this project from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Grimmit Trust, The Cole Charitable Trust, The Roughley Trust, The Rowlands Trust and Service Birmingham. We are also grateful to Chung Ying Garden and the Gallan Group for their permission to use the old Drill Hall site.
Research session - 11 December 2013 - Carpenter Place residential home
On the 11th of December we had a wonderful time interviewing the elderly about WWI at Carpenter Place residential home. The participants engaged with these lovely people through discussions, songs and a short moment of rock and roll before we left.
While we were singing Christmas songs, resident George surprised us with a beautiful song about his time in the army during WWII. Have a listen!
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