The Voice Within and the Phoenix

Follow us while we create a new piece of theatre in 2021, thanks to support from Arts Council England and Stoller Hall. Beginning 26th January 2021

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

THE VOICE WITHIN PROJECT
11 creative freelancers
10 you can see and the one you can't @MaitlandNigel

A ton of bravery
Plenty of honesty
A helping of vulnerability
A dose of trust
A dollop of joy
And twinkles in everyone's eyes

@Claydon8Tim @Gwenlass
#viola #theatre

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

Arts for everyone and not just those who can afford it or who come from arty families please. You've got til 6th May to have your say🙏

[Musicians' Union @WeAreTheMU]

The Government has announced plans to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at higher education (HE) level in England, including music.

Have your say in the consultation before 6 May 👇

https://t.co/GHXysNZp3W

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

We all start somewhere & this is where I started! With free lessons at school. This lady conducting was my school violin teacher!
Now the government want to cut arts subject education by a catastrophic 50%. You've got til 6th May to have your say 🙏
https://t.co/4xqQZ07xd4

[Cheryl Law @LawCheryl]

Pretty much my very first ever orchestral concert following my first ever audition. This was my first visit to London for the National Festival of Music For Youth at Royal Festival Hall circa 1987. I'm at the back of the third violins 😉 (I haven't moved much since tbh 🤣)

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@visit_mcr Can't wait til we can share our lockdown project with everyone in Manchester :)

https://t.co/RtkZdfca13

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The Voice Within Project, filmed in Manchester, March 2021.
Enormous thanks to @ace_national and @StollerHall for supporting this project. Can't wait to share it with a live audience!
@Claydon8Tim @Gwenlass @MaitlandNigel
Full credits here: https://t.co/wD7Y1czwp6

[Gwendolyn Scott @Gwenlass]

this little video was put together as part of a beautiful project with some kit and skills sponsored by @Arts_Wales_ - GreenTruckStudios is finding its feet (wheels)

[Cheryl Law @LawCheryl]

Here it is! A 1-min intro to our project. Viola players doing stuff we don't normally do! A process involving 14 freelancers (choreography, theatre,lights,sound,photos,film)which started as a twitter call out for a choreographer ☺️ @Claydon8Tim replied and the rest is history 😁

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

The Voice Within Project, filmed in Manchester, March 2021.
Enormous thanks to @ace_national and @StollerHall for supporting this project. Can't wait to share it with a live audience!
@Claydon8Tim @Gwenlass @MaitlandNigel
Full credits here: https://t.co/wD7Y1czwp6

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

The eyes tell us one story, the feet tell us another.
This phenomenal photo by @MaitlandNigel captures a moment in our show that is full of intrigue, tension and questions.
#TheVoiceWithin

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

Today will forever be remembered in the theatre world as the date our theatres fell silent. Thinking of you all tonight: performers, techies, behind the scenes, front of house, directors, choreographers, producers, box office/bar, audience - you all make theatre what it is ♥️

[Royal Exchange Theatre @rxtheatre]

A year ago our doors closed. Today we’re thinking of theatre makers who downed tools, stepped away from rehearsals, previews or productions. We miss you. Thank you to our audiences who have stayed with us we’ll see you all very soon
#firstinlastout #16March #ArtistTheatreFund

[Royal Exchange Theatre @rxtheatre]

Huge shout out to everyone who is working so hard to get the theatre ready to open. Those lights are ready to shine really brightly very soon. #RxIgnite

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

100 years since the birth of #Piazzolla ! This was definitely one of the highlights of #TheVoiceWithin project 😉

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

Completely in awe of @Claydon8Tim, our #Choreographer and #Director, who listened to my idea for #TheVoiceWithin and then transformed it into a wonderful, magical, theatrical experience. His eye, his vision and his understanding of the needs of a musician are all truly inspiring.

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

A few more photos from Sunday's first run of The Voice Within @StollerHall. Searching for new ways to present old music, exploring semiotic narrative and telling different stories. We just need an audience now 😃
Photo credit: @MaitlandNigel
@MIFestival @JohnMIF #Manchester

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We had a truly amazing day yesterday. The incredible lighting set/soundscape our fab tech team has designed lifted the project enormously in ways we couldn't imagine! We ran #TheVoiceWithin to an empty @StollerHall, so the main thing missing now is you (we can't wait to share)

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#InternationalWomensDay #viola #thevoicewithin
Wonderful moments captured by @MaitlandNigel

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So many people have helped us arrive at the point we arrived at today (more about that later) but here's my DREAM TEAM. @Claydon8Tim & @Gwenlass, who believed in my idea, made it happen, and created magic. They've worked tirelessly and inspirationally. To you both: THANK YOU 🥰🙏

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

All the elements coming together...! Plenty of Latin flavour in the room today💃💃
@Claydon8Tim @LawCheryl
#thevoicewithin #viola #tango @StollerHall @FreelancersMake @WeAreTheMU @ace_national @MIFestival
Video credit: @Gwenlass aka "The Swiss Army Knife of Theatreland"

[The Voice Within and the Phoenix @voice_phoenix]

@bobriley5572 @LawCheryl Thanks Bob! I'll share the promo video with you when it is finished 🙂 I wish we could ask you to come and check it out live, but you know.... Covid.... 😉It has been such a learning curve in how to present traditional material, would love to fill you in sometime. x

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Film credit: @Gwenlass

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Day 2 of part 2
Can learning something from memory add to how we perform classical music and can we keep the integrity of the music and performance but perform it totally differently?
It was hard work, but I think the results were worth it. It freed us up so much! @Claydon8Tim