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SUMMARY:Too Much of Water / Salt's Waters (free 
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DESCRIPTION:Free performance event in the John Thaw Studio Theatre\, Mart
 in Harris Centre\n\n \n\nWednesday 7th December\, 4.30pm to 6.00pm\n\n \
 n\nToo Much of Water / Salt’s Waters   by Steve Bottoms\, with Eddie Law
 ler\n\n \n\nThis special presentation is a double bill of short theatre 
 pieces devised as part of Steve Bottoms’s current research project\, “To
 wards Hydro-Citizenship”. They consider our current and historical relat
 ionships with water from different angles and using different aesthetics
 . Both pieces focus “site-specifically” on the Shipley and Saltaire area
  of West Yorkshire\, but the stories resonate much more broadly.\n\n \n\
 nToo Much of Water is Steve’s solo storytelling performance\, written in
  response to the major flood event that hit Shipley on Boxing Day last y
 ear. Based on personal interviews with a range of those people affected 
 by the flooding\, it explores what can happen to people’s homes and well
 being when there is just “too much of water”. The title comes from Shake
 speare\, and the props from a doll’s house\, and the story is told with 
 a streak of black comedy\, while also taking seriously the impact of the
  floods. This half-hour performance was devised for this September’s Sal
 taire Festival\, and has since appeared during the autumn in Exeter\, Ca
 mbridge\, London and Leeds.\n\n \n\nSalt’s Waters combines Steve’s narra
 tives with original\, live music from singer-songwriter Eddie Lawler. It
  looks at the same area – Yorkshire’s Aire valley – from a more historic
 al point of view\, by considering the development and decline of industr
 y\, in relation to the rivers and canals that facilitated the expansion 
 and extension of commercial activity in this previously “green and pleas
 ant land”. Sir Titus Salt\, who built the model Victorian mill village o
 f Saltaire\, was an enlightened Victorian entrepreneur\, but his is not 
 the only story explored in this 50-minute presentation\, which asks spec
 tators to look again at the waterways around us\, and how they shaped th
 e world we still live in…\n\n \n\nThere will be a short interval between
  the two pieces\, and free refreshments. The atmosphere\, we hope\, will
  be relaxed and intimate. All welcome!\n\n \n\nwww.multi-story-shipley.c
 o.uk\n\n 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:John Thaw Studio Theatre\, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Dr
 ama\, Manchester
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