Third Angel presents
Performances August 2019
Third Angel and HOME Slough present
THE DESIRE PATHS: Slough
29 - 31 August 2019 (plus the dates in September & October)
#TheDesirePaths
Performed by:
Nisha Anil
Zishan Afsar
Nadia Emam
Nicki Hobday
Alexander Kelly
Gillian Jane Lees
Photography by Craig Malone (map in progress) and Terry Payman (map complete).
Seeded by Farnham Maltings’ New Popular programme.
“If you could rename a street of your town after a hope, dream or ambition for the future, what would you choose?”
In August 2019 we drew a giant street map of Slough on the floor of HOME On The High Street. We invited the people of Slough to rename a street in their town after a hope or dream they have for the future.
HIGH STREET immediately became FREEDOM STREET
HOWARD AVENUE was renamed OVERSTAND AVENUE
BATH ROAD became ALL IS LOVE AVENUE
EDINBURGH AVENUE is now THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO AVENUE
and WELLINGTON STREET was renamed ALGERIAN STREET
The Desire Paths Team
Created and Performed in Sheffield by
Hannah Butterfield
Nicki Hobday
Alexander Kelly
Gillian Jane Lees
Stacey Sampson
Rachael Walton
Bethany Wells
With input from
Lucy Ellinson
Performed in Newcastle/Gateshead by
Holly Gallagher
Alexander Kelly
Gillian Jane Lees
Luca Rutherford
Executive Producer
Hilary Foster
General Manager
Laura Holmes
Admin & Production Assistants
Liz Johnson
Ellie Whittaker
Sarah Webb
Samantha Turner
Commissioned by
Sheffield Year of Making 2016
Presented with, and supported by, Sheffield Theatres
as part of Fun Palaces 2016
The Desire Paths formed part of Making Ways, a Sheffield Culture Consortium project supported through Arts Council England.
Presented in Newcastle in 2019 as part of Self Build Utopias, our collaboration with Northern Stage and The School of Experimental Architecture at Newcastle University as part of the Great Exhibition of the North.
Originally developed for Make. Do. And Mend. for Northern Stage and Forest Fringe, Edinburgh 2013.
One weekend in October 2016, we chalked out the city centre street map from the Sheffield A-Z, and asked the public to rename the streets - not after some past event, but to commemorate a hope or a dream for the future: personal or political, serious or lighthearted. We heard so many stories, of first jobs, chance meetings, lost loves. It was a moving, brilliant day, and a chance to work with some regular collaborators, and some who we’ve been wanting to work with for a long time.
This film by Joseph Priestley tells the story of the day.
The show is touring in 2020. If you’d like us to come and remake The Desire Paths for your town or city, do get in touch.
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