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About Feast of Hope
Facilitator and Director Annie Sutton.
Producer Alice Dunham
Peformers Tom Giles
Katie McGarry
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Feast of Hope
Created by Annie Sutton, Produced by Looping the Loop in collaboration with Newington Community Centre, Ramsgate
Celebrating the end of Harvest and the beginning of Winter The Feast of Hope was a co-creation project with the Newington Community, Ramsgate.
1-2 July 2022
Salvation Army Hall, Margate
Newington Big Local is an Estate of Enablers and the beautiful project image was made by the community to launch the project .It blends their Chill Club themes of ‘Nourish’ and reflects tastes of autumn foods on offer.The Feast of Hope aims to continue with their community food culture and collaborate with award winning chef Mike Spackman.Mixing the ingredients of listening, story-telling, food, craft and song to share their recipes of hope with the wider community. We are Hungry for Change. The project sits between Harvest and All Hallows Eve.It aspires to be an amalgamation of Feasts, Rituals and Celebrations, cooked up in Newington and served in its own pop up contemporary world.Food brings people together.
Come along to the Nayland Rock Ballroom at 4pm on 1st October for an afternoon ofharvest-themed crafts, all abilities and ages welcome.This will be an opportunity to makenaturally-sourced crafts relating to themes of All Hallows and harvest time. We will belooking at what hope means to you and how we can create craft that resembles this.This workshop is a taster and invitation to engage with the wider scope of work co-createdby theatre maker Annie Sutton and the Newington Community Centre:The goddess Pomona is opening her doors to host an evening of song and stories at anautumnal dinner hosted at a secret theatre venue in Ramsgate at 6pm on Friday 29 October.Cooked up by the Newington community and its award-winning resident chef, MikeSpackman, the event looks to be a well-prepared celebration of the turning of the season.But... why will there be a seat left empty at every table? Who else will be coming?
Audiences experienced a riot of colour and sound in John Pfumojena's celebration of Zimbabwean culture. The distinctive sound of the marimba and mbira created the backdrop to a high energy fusion of gumboot and hiphop dance. Local participants responses to the work were integrated seamlessly into the performance.
Supporters and Funders
Funded by Arts Council England and supported by Battersea Arts Centre, the Salvation Army and Inspiration Creative
