Next event 3rd – 6th October!

Vespertine York

VESP#10 The Bunker Experience

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Live music and films inspire by ‘The Machine Stops’
Imagine a world where humans are forced to live underground, the surface uninhabitable. 
Technology has become the only way to reach out and connect. Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal take you underground and into the world of E.M Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’. Featuring an exclusive live performance of the newly composed soundtrack for the play, composed by John Foxx and analogue synth specialist Benge. Set against the backdrop of York’s own Cold War Bunker, visuals and music combine to explore our complex relationship with technology and what this might mean for human connection now and in the future.
Slots from 6-8pm at York Cold War Bunker plus at 8.20pm Q&A with musicians at York Theatre Royal
Booking Essential for both….
The Bunker Experience booking at York Cold War Bunker – Book your place using eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bunker-experience-tickets-24458799929
Q&A with John Foxx and Benge at York Theatre – Book your place using eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bunker-experience-qa-with-john-foxx-ultravox-benge-tickets-24459403735
ACCESS
The bunker is wheelchair accessible and has lift facilities. If you have any access needs then please contact us at vespertineyork@gmail.com and we can book you on the longer tour slot.

LOCATION
York Cold War Bunker is situated on Monument Close, just off the main road into Acomb when traveling from York City Centre.
Address: Monument Close, York YO24 4HT

PARKING
There is limited car parking at the venue which we would like to keep free for those with access requirements so, if you are coming by car, please allow yourself enough time to find parking on one the surrounding streets or on the main road, where parking is available. Please also be aware that York Cold War Bunker is in a residential area.

CANCELLATION
Please note, places are free and very limited. If for any reason you are unable to make it, please cancel your booking via the eventbrite website. Thank you!

VESP#05 The Unquiet Space

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A unique opportunity to experience one of York’s heritage sites in a completely new and unexpected way with an installation inspired by the Pilot Theatre production ‘A Restless Place’ . Enter through the locked doors of the York Castle Museum into corridors and cells housing lost voices and found stories, tales of home and the search for belonging. Verbatim testimonies blend with folktale as you meet characters drawn from both myth and reality on their journeys into the unknown.

Beautiful animations by Hondartza Fraga will light up the cells accompanied by a soundscape of stories taken directly from the play. The Print Project will also be on hand in the museum courtyard for you to create your own artistic responses using their hand operated printing presses, exploring the question ‘What does home mean to you?’.

Inspired by graffiti and poetry taken from the prison cell walls as well the verbatim stories collected as part of ‘A Restless Place’, VESP#05 will be part of this year’s Illuminating York. Food will also be provided to fuel hungry festival-goers.

Capacity is limited so booking is essential. Slots are available at 6.00pm, 6.30pm, 7.00pm, 7.30pm, 8.00pm and 8.30pm. Please follow the link to register:

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vesp05-the-unquiet-space-tickets-18777152970

VESP#05 Partners: Pilot Theatre and York Museums Trust

VESP#05 The Unquiet Place Programme

 

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