Raise the Roof

(Raise the Roof image by Martin Corbin)

This innovative participatory project took place in five villages across Devon. Each village worked with three professional artists over a period of time to produce a performance or event or exhibition that celebrated Devon's links with other parts of the world.

Villages taking part were: Cadleigh; Uffculme; Brampford Speke; South Brent; Shaldon.

Uffculme: "Drum it Home" Festival of Karen Culture: Friday Sept 23rd- Sunday October 2nd.

Shaldon: Final Event: “Children of the Tide” Exhibition/Film show at Shaldon School on June 24th. This project is also part of the regional "Tide and Time" project.

South Brent: Final event “The Spice of Life” on May 8th

Brampford Speke/Upton Pyne: “Coming Home” event took place on July 2nd 7.30pm to 11pm. Picnic, puppets, procession and candles.

Cadeleigh: Final Event and procession was on 25th June

The next step will be to evaluate the project and decide how best to develop our partipatory work with villages.

Raise the Roof is directed by Tony Gee, the driving force behind "Moveble Feast", a project that supports workshop artists. If you want to find out more about that project, click on the underlined link below.

Moveable Feast