Two-day online celebration of Crawley’s great creativity
A celebration of the creativity and vibrancy of Crawley is being offered in a free festival of spoken word, dance, photography and film.
The Right Here festival comes from arts organisation Creative Crawley, running on January 29 and 30 (www. creativecrawley.com)
Taking place online and with outdoor art for passersby to discover around Crawley, the two-day festival will showcase the talent and creativity of the town in more than 20 events.
From audio tours to storytelling for toddlers and sing-along for people with dementia, from writing to photography to images on lampposts, the festival will represent all the diverse talents and tastes of the community, also drawing in audiences from elsewhere in the online programme.
Highlights coming up include:
Fully Booked: Recommended book of the day by Crawley Library, Jan 29 and 30, all day. Online. Tune in to hear a book recommendation from Crawley library.
People’s Pathways by LPK Learning, Sinéad Emery and Gaz Tomlinson, Jan 29 and 30, all day. Audio trail, different locations in Crawley. Local people have recorded stories about their favourite walks in Crawley since March 2020. Download the stories.
Lockdown Looking Glass by LPK Learning, Crawley Museum and Rachel Cowell, Jan 29 and 30. Art exhibition, online. Local people will be filming objects with a narrative about their meaning to be collated into a digital collage and shown as part of the Festival Finale
Awakening by Same Sky, Jan 29 and 30. Same Sky commissioned artists to produce ten new light sculptures that represent their lives since March 2020 and they will be on display for passers-by to discover.
Capturing Lockdown by LPK Learning, Woodard Photography, Crawley Museum and Sinead Emery, Jan 29 and 30. Photos taken by local people since March 2020 will appear on different lampposts in Crawley for passers-by to discover.
Cultural Kitchen: Recipe of the Day by Diverse Crawley, Jan 29 and 30, all day. Online (recorded). Join local residents as they share their cultural recipes with you online including recipes from Poland, Nigeria, Portugal and England.
Songbirds Virtual Choir, Jan 29 and 30, all day. Online (recorded). Songbirds all female choir haven’t been able to meet in person for a while, but since March they have worked together online.
Creative Café by Culture Shift and Crawley College, Jan 29, 9.30am. Online (live). A workshop for Crawley College students about how to enter the creative industries featuring local successful creative professionals.
Baby Rhyme Time by Crawley Library, Jan 29, 10.30am. Online (recorded). Sing-along workshop for babies, toddlers and their parents from Crawley library.
Story Magic: What Am I? by Crawley Library, Jan 29, 11am. Online (recorded). Aimed at children with additional needs, this is a sensory Storytime from Crawley library.
We Are Manor Green College by Manor Green College and Carousel, Jan 29, 1.45pm. Online (recorded and live). A short film showcasing life in a special school during an extraordinary year.
Crawley Creatives talk by Annie Bowden from The Posh Club, Jan 29, 4pm. Online (live). Annie is co-founder of The Posh Club which was invented in Crawley for her mum who was in her 80s and feeling a bit lonely.
Crawley Creatives talk by Sebastian Livingstone, Jan 29, 4.30pm. Online (live). Sebastian, or as he’s known around Crawley Sebrina is a twenty-three-year-old drag queen who has lived in Crawley for twenty-two years.
Crawley Creatives talk by Grace Saif, Jan 29, 5pm. Online (live). Grace is best known for her role as Ani Achola in Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why.