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- Songs from the Shipyards Wins Award
- April 24th, 2013
The Unthanks and Richard Fenwick won the Arts Council Award at the Culture Awards in Durham Cathedral on Monday night, for Songs from the Shipyards. The Unthanks perform it on the Tyne, Tees & Wear in June. http://www.the-unthanks.com/news/the-unthanks-songs-from-the-shipyards-trilogy
- The Unthanks: Songs from the Shipyards Trilogy
- April 16th, 2013
Shows for Festival of the North East on the Tyne, Wear and Tees, supported by Port of Tyne.
In a special trilogy of shows for Festival of the North East, The Unthanks bring Songs from the Shipyards on successive days, to locations on all three North-East rivers – the Tyne, Wear, Tees. All three venues are small and early booking is advised.
The Tyne show will take place right on the river, in the Customs House at South Shields. The Unthanks will also present in conjunction with Port of Tyne and The Customs House, a by-invite-only afternoon performance of the film, for people from the shipyard communities, past and present. There will be two performances of the film in one evening at the beautiful but tiny Ballroom at Preston Park Museum, while the Sunderland Minster show has a late start to ensure the surroundings are cast in atmospheric darkness for sharp projection of the film. The Unthanks will perform their soundtrack live at each show.
Sponsored by The Port of Tyne and originally commissed by Tyneside Cinema, Songs from the Shipyard is a beautiful and powerful audio visual work that traces the story of the shipyards through a film made by Richard Fenwick, accompanied by a new score from The Unthanks.
The Festival of the North East represents a timely opportunity to celebrate the work with more performances. Songs from the Shipyards is nominated in the forthcoming Journal Culture Awards for the Arts Council Award. Most compelling and timely of all, will be the inclusion of work by the poet and songwriter Graeme Miles, who sadly passed away recently, and leaves a lasting legacy of stunning work on Teeside’s industrial life.The Unthanks are very grateful for continued sponsorship from The Port of Tyne, who sponsored the original commission and also sponsor all three shows. The Unthanks and Port of Tyne are proud and determined to support and be involved in the Festival of the North East at this challenging time for the region’s arts. Additional sponsorship is provided by AV Arts in the form of projection equipment for the Wear and Tees shows.
WEAR
Thursday 13th June
Sunderland Minster, SR1 3ET
Doors 9pm, Show 9.30pm
£15/14
http://www.wegottickets.com/theunthanks
0191 565 4066TEES
Friday 14th June
The Ballroom, Preston Park Museum, TS18 3RH
Doors 7.15pm, Show 7.45pm
Doors 9pm Show 9.30pm
£15/14
http://www.arconline.co.uk/whats-on/music/the-unthanks-songs-from-the-shipyards-trilogyTYNE
Saturday 15th June
The Customs House, South Shields NE33 1ES
http://www.customshouse.co.uk/whats-on/Theatre/1241/unthanks
Doors 7.30pm, Start 8pm
£15/14
* There will be an additional invite-only afternoon show at The Customs House for employees of the ports and shipyards, past and present.- More Shipyard Events in North and South Yorkshire
- April 16th, 2013
The day after the North East trilogy of shows, The Unthanks head to Sheffield Doc/Fest for a rare inland performance of the film in the hallowed Crucible Theatre. If you want to attend this show only, early booking is advised due to the allocation afforded to weekend festival ticket holders.
Sunday 16th June, Sheffield Doc/Fest (formerly known as Sheffield International Documentary Festival), Crucible Theatre, S1 1DA
http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/event/the-unthanks-13/
Songs from the Shipyards will also be shown and performed:
Sunday 21st July (1pm), Deer Shed Festival, Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. http://www.deershedfestival.com/- Journal Culture Awards
- April 16th, 2013
The Unthanks will perform a short set in Durham Cathedral on April 22nd, for the Journal Culture Awards. Songs from the Shipyards by The Unthanks and Richard Fenwick is nominated at the awards for the Arts Council Award. Tickets for the ceremony can be bought at http://www.mycultureclub.co.uk/tickets/
- Singing Weekend announcements
- April 16th, 2013
The next Unthanks newsletter will feature ticket links for the next singing weekends. They tend to sell out within 24-48 hours of going on sale, and you must be a mailing list member to receive the ticket links. You can join here on the website.
In order to help you in advance with establishing your availability before they go on sale, here are the start dates of each weekend (they take place between Friday at 3.30pm and Sunday noon):
Weekend 1: Nov 29th 2013
Weekend 2: Dec 6th 2013
Weekend 3: Jan 10th 2014
Weekend 4: Jan 17th 2014
Weekend 5: Jan 24th 2014
Weekend 6: Jan 31st 2014Previous attendees will be given first priority, and then the ticket links will go out to mailing list members. The events are not put on sale to the general public.
- The Unthanks Headline Towersey
- April 16th, 2013
The Unthanks headline the Friday night of Towersey Festival this year, on Fri 23rd Aug. Other artists include The Blockheads, Martin and Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson, Vin Garbutt, Show of Hands… www.towerseyfestival.com
