The Bare Project has been running now for ten years, and I am delighted to have been part of it for the latest quarter of that. When I moved to Sheffield and very quickly went freelance I was terrified. Just moved to a new city,...
by Jessica Mistry This was my first time being immersed in the world of theatre. It always seemed exciting and different, but I never had much understanding of what was involved creatively or how open it could be. Throughout this experience I have been exposed to...
Like many of us across the world, this spring all our plans fell apart. The first national tour of The People’s Palace of Possibility was all booked in and we were preparing to hit the go button. We had a dream team of artists and...
In November, The Bare Project hosted The People’s Palace of Possibility at the Gregson Centre in Lancaster as part of the Festival of Social Sciences with Lancaster University. The Palace focused specifically on the notion of ritual, stepping outside of everyday realities and creating visions...
Schoolchildren have taken to the streets and Extinction Rebellion shut down four major thoroughfares of London for over a week in April. An urgent sense of the need for change has rippled through the political spectrum, and whilst the battle is certainly nowhere near won,...
At a Death Café, people gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. There is no agenda, objective or theme – other than death. It is not a grief support group or counselling session, it’s just an opportunity to discuss death, with cake....
This is my fourth trip to the old Woolworths building on the Moor in a few weeks – I went to Horror Souk three times – and upon leaving I realise I’ll be doing the same again over the next week. They’re going to get...
Blowing bubbles masquerading as snow, listening to the soft melody of a guitar flowing through the background, and listening to the poetry blooming out of the characters mouths. This is Goodbye Sun and Bear, a beautifully whimsical piece put on by The Bare Project that...