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Paint The Town Festival

Season Two: Spring 2017

Welcome to the second season of Paint The Town festival, brought to Medway by Lyrici Arts and Battersea Arts Centre. Our spring 2017 season ran from 19 – 26th April 2017 and were proud to present another inspiring programme of exciting performances here in Medway. Our show venue partners include The Brook Theatre, Rochester Adult Education and The Sunlight Centre in conjunction with Headway.

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Project Details

This season’s festival had 3 main focuses; Corruption and Community, Early Years and Children, Mental health and Invisible Illnesses. Our highlights include:

Bucket List by Theatre Ad Infinitum

Multi-award winning Theatre Ad Infinitum bring their latest work BUCKET LIST to the Brook Theatre, Chatham on the 21st April. This powerful show tells the story of one Mexican woman’s fight for justice against corporate and governmental corruption. Winner of the Spirit of Fringe festival and up for Best Ensemble at the offwestend.com awards, Bucket List launched its London premiere with a run at Battersea Arts Centre before embarking on a UK wide tour

Reassembled, Slightly Askew by Shannon Yee

An immersive audio experience, where 6 audience members at a time are laid on hospital beds, blindfolded and given headphones. They are then transported into the head of a brain trauma victim.

Based on Shannon’s personal experience with a near fatal brain infection and created with support from her actual neurologists and NHS support teams, this unique event is supported by The Sunlight Centre and brain injury charity ‘Headway’ who will join Yee on Saturday 22nd April to discuss her the work.

Neverland by Tom Penn

Paint the Town Festival also has shows and events for younger audiences. Tom Penn’s sell-out show Neverland will come to the Adult Education Centre, Rochester for 3 days. A specially created piece for 1-3year olds and their parent/guardian, this beautiful piece within a padded white tent uses 360-degree projections and original music to unfold the story of a child’s imagination.

Other shows coming to Medway include My Beautiful Black Dog by Brigitte Aphrodite on the 19th April. Described as a ‘gig meets theatre meets tidal wave of glitter’, this personal story of the battle with depression is as heartwarming and raw as it is fun and exemplary.

Also look out for fun craft workshops, mental health and brain injury support, an inspiring spoken word collaboration with Wordsmithery, interesting panel talks with the stars of our shows and industry professionals, children’s fun time activities and much more.

For more information, trailers from the shows, and details about additional festival activity browse our listed events below.

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