by mjsclient | Feb 22, 2021 | Education
In 2017 the Festival launched with a spectacular outdoor show called the Winter Giant. Told through large-scale puppetry, live and pre-recorded music, combined with professional and community performance, this heartwarming experience brought everyone in the...
by mjsclient | Feb 22, 2021 | Education
In 2016 Battle Festival marked the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings by commissioning a new opera from the internationally acclaimed composer Howard Moody. Rather than take a heritage approach to this significant date, we wanted to draw inspiration from the...
by mjsclient | Feb 22, 2021 | Education
We Won’t Be Druv! was commissioned by Battle Arts and Music Festival in 2014. Over 250 children from 8 primary schools joined to give the first performance in the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea. We Won’t Be Druv!is a Sussex expression meaning ‘we won’t be pushed...
by mjsclient | Feb 22, 2021 | Education
In 2015 Battle Festival’s commission, performed by school children from within 1066 Country took inspiration from Shakespeare’s Songs and poems. Ian McMillan (Bard of Barnsley and regular Radio 3 and 4 contributor) and composer Tony Biggin were challenged to...
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