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Corby Town Centre
19 February 2022
Liberty UK Festival will be popping up in Corby on Saturday 19 February as part of a three-part tour across towns and cities in the UK.
A series of fun, free and unique artworks and activities will take place across the town including 3 brand new performances that are being co-created with young people in Corby, Leicester and Halton including a performance of The Write to Rave by Debris Stevenson.
We invite you, your friends and families to join us. We want to fire up your imaginations about how we can work together to make a difference to things that matter most.
Liberty UK Festival is a celebration of freedom and democracy, which explores everyday activism and our collective power to make change. The festival is produced by Artreach in partnership with Made With Many and The Core at Corby Cube.
The Write to Rave
by Debris Stevenson
Image courtesy of Jessie Morgan.
Featuring This is Corby by Core Create
'This is Corby' by Core Create is inspired by the work of Kae Tempest and Jess Green and features poetry, physical theatre and snowballs!
The Write to Rave is an immersive live performance about the political power of rave created with a group of young people from GLOW. It explores the journeys of people trying their best to rave whilst the world tries its best to stop them.
The Core at Corby Cube
8.00pm - 10.00pm
Slow Down
Image courtesy of Summer Dean.
YARA + DAVINA
Slow Down invites the public to slow down and consider the crossing from isolation back into social society. Lollipop signs are incredibly similar in form to protest placards, and the artists see this similarity as ripe for subversion.
James Ashworth Square
12.00pm - 4.00pm
PREPPERS
Image courtesy of Red Manhattan Photography.
Casson & Friends
Documentary meets dance in this thought provoking, timely and intimate new duet performance from Record Breaking Dance Theatre Company, Casson & Friends.
The Core at Corby Cube
12.00pm - 12.45pm and 2.30pm - 3.15pm
Re-cognition
Image courtesy of Leo&Hyde.
Leo&Hyde
A series of VR experiences made in Corby, exploring the town's greener future and new technologies that could transform our lives.
Willow Place Shopping Centre
10.00am - 4.00pm
What the Tortoise Taught us
Image courtesy of Fool's Paradise.
The Flying Buttresses
Meet Zelva, the incredible, animatronic, giant tortoise who has walked the earth for hundreds of years, and now she wants to share her time with you.
Willow Place Shopping Centre
3.00pm and 4.15pm
SUPERMOMENTS
by Ling Tan
Image courtesy of Marias Raluca.
Cancelled due to Covid
Interactive outdoor performance SUPERMOMENTS uses wearable technology to explore people’s personal agency, empathy and collective actions towards changing the environment we live in. Performers and selected audience members join to listen and perform to site-specific stories told by both locals and others around the world, stories about the place they are in and far away.
Cancelled due to Covid
The Empty Chairs
Image courtesy of Edwina Kung.
Edwina Kung
A series of decorated chairs will form a trail through Corby Town. These beautiful chairs will provide opportunities for conversation and story-telling, bringing the community together to talk and share in a unique chair!
Willow Place Shopping Centre
12.00pm - 8.00pm
Earth Heroes
Image courtesy of The Wild Tribe
The Wild Tribe
Earth Heroes is a project with a compassionate mission! We need to save the planet, and who better to lead the way but our younger generations?
Willow Place Shopping Centre
10.30am - 3.00pm
Paint to Pixel
Image courtesy of MBD.
MBD
Paint to Pixel is a Virtual Reality Exhibition that charts the history of UK graffiti. It is comprised of original artworks, interviews and archive materials from prominent graffiti artists.
The Core at Corby Cube
10.30am - 5.00pm
The Disco Litter Queens
Image courtesy of Curious Company.
Curious Company
Never thought of picking up litter in the streets?
Perhaps a funky disco beat will make it easier. Hey gang, Let’s Pick it Up!
Willow Place Shopping Centre
1.15pm, 3.15pm and 4.45pm
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