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Local Foreigner – Island Folk

Date: 17 Nov 2023
Location: The Old Electric
music | theatre

Island Folk is Local Foreigner’s new project seeking to explore and understand the conditions and peoples that have shaped our culture, question how we tell our story and invites the audience to reflect on our part in this history. The immersive journey that begins 400 thousand years ago and passes through the Beaker, Romans, Celts, Normans, colonialism, the suffragettes, punk music, rave culture and Brexit to finally get to the present day. Along the way
there are flying objects, toys, folk song, sword fighting, sailing, hot tea and beautiful landscapes where the public is asked some questions. A post-show talk and an opportunity to hang out and discuss the performance follows.

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  • Antonia Charlesworth Stack is a journalist and editor from Blackpool. She was deputy editor of Big Issue North magazine and is editor of Blackpool Social Club. Antonia is also the founder of Reclaim Blackpool, a women's safety campaign that began life as an article she wrote for Blackpool Social Club. She's a contributing author to the Lancashire Stories anthology with her story about a Blackpool performer, The Call of The Sea. The book is available for free in libraries across the county.