It’s all go for... Hidden Door
Granton gas site lifts the lid on live events
VOLUNTEERS have been working hard to get a massive Granton site ready for Hidden Door Festival which takes place this month.
Performances will be held outside on one of two stages erected in the shadow of the gasometer, or in a warehouse building across the street which will be home to an art exhibition, theatre and dance performances.
Some performances arise from five collaborative projects initially created for online viewing, and these will be performed in front of a live audience for the first time. Each one is led by an artist curator commissioned to produce a unique experience for the audience, bringing together performers from different genres.
These performances will truly put live entertainment back on the map after the creative isolation of the last year and more. The festival takes place between 15 and 19 September at Granton Gasworks and details of the five projects are on Page 10.
All kinds of active travel can be used to reach the site from the city centre and elsewhere.
The West Shore Road site is connected to several bus services, and the cycle path from Waterfront Broadway.
The volunteers are staging a four day festival of live music, theatre, spoken word and a visual art exhibition.
Working alongside Edinburgh College, who have provided access to the site for this year, the event is also intended to offer students work experience.
ESTHER SWIFT & THE EMERGENCE ENSEMBLE – THE CALL
A reprise of The Call, an inspiring project from Edinburgh-based composer Esther Swift.
She will bring together a mix of 20 Scottish musicians across the gasworks site performing an original composition, conducted using specially designed flags.
CHELL YOUNG, MARANTA & VOMITON – IMAGINES REALITIES
Imagines Realities is a 45-minute long experience designed to take the audience on a journey through labyrinthine spaces. Synth pop duo MARANTA will perform with the backdrop of cinematic sets created by Chell Young, while characters from the Vomiton costume collective appear on stage.
JILL MARTIN BOUALAXAI, FIONA OLIVER LARKIN, MIDI PAUL, MORPHAMISH & TONY DANCE – THE RAVE CAVE
The Rave Cave will take over the warehouse on Friday night. There will be performances from dancers Fiona Oliver Larkin and Tony Mills and transforming into an interactive rave.
POST COAL PROM QUEEN & GUESTS – PARTY AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Post Coal Prom Queen’s A Party At The End of The World will see them collaborating with MCs, instrumentalists, filmmakers and visual artists to imagine the end of the world. Music written especially for Hidden Door.
FLORENCE RICHARDSON, SARAH JAMES, THE REVERSE ENGINEER & DANIEL GARCIA SPECTRAL GATEWAY
On the final night of the festival, Spectral Gateway is a 50-minute set of live audio-visual performance featuring film art from Florence Richardson alongside an ambient score from Daniel Garcia which will be remixed by The Reverse Engineer.