Lucy and the Hawk
Lucy and the Hawk is a comedy about loneliness. This is an exciting new performance by Switchback, which we are currently producing.
Northern Spirit
Northern Spirit: Imagining the North Now is a research and development theatre project, exploring colloboration and artistic process across disciplines and across cities.
Wunderbar Festival
A biennial live art and performance festival, nurturing a culture of curiosity by bringing audiences and artists together on journeys of intrigue and wonder.
Riksteatern - Iranian Voices
We are producing 8 radio plays about human rights through the lens of Iran. Created from true stories, in an atempt to make voices from Iran and the Iranian Disapora audible across the globe, and give strength to the struggle for democracy in Iran.
transmediale.11 - RESPONSE:ABILITY
transmediale is an international festival for contemporary art and digital culture, which takes place annually in Berlin. transmediale.11 ran from 1-6 February 2011.
Culture Lab Onsite
We are working with Culture Lab to provide public outreach consultancy for their new project space Onsite, which seeks to enliven the city centre of Newcastle with interesting culture, arts and technology research and events.
Songs from the Shipyards - Tyneside Cinema - sponsored by Port of Tyne
We are providing consultation on the development of the Tyneside Cinema's sold out audiovisual show 'Songs from the Shipyards', performed by Mercury Music Prize nominees The Unthanks, with film accompaniment by Richard Fenwick.
Write Around the Toon
Write Around The Toon is a web-based, self-guided, creative writing tour of Newcastle-Gateshead.
Lighthouse - Suspending Disbelief
Working with leading South East arts agency Lighthouse, Haus Projects coordinated the exhibition Suspending Disbelief as part of a pilot project, developed in partnership with Arts Council England and Clearleft, looking at the relationship between art and digital creative industries. The exhibition took place at Lighthouse and Brighton Dome, in August and September 2010.
Northern Stage - Northern Stages
Working with the Northern Stage team, Haus are project managing 'Northern Stages', to programme and deliver the project in full throughout 2010. Northern Stages will include the work of theatre makers, writers, photographers, painters and musicians. Work will have a presence both within the building and within an interactive online space.
FutureEverything 2010 - Special Projects
Haus Projects managed three special projects for the award-winning international festival of art, music and ideas; FutureEverything in Manchester. We delivered a television-style debate about the future of Manchester, the inaugural FutureEverything Award Gala, and PlayEverything - an event comprising 12 hours of workshops, performances, unconference sessions and installations.
Codeworks - Robert McKee: The Power of Story
Haus Projects managed a 2-day special event for regional digital agency Codeworks, working with Hollywood icon Robert McKee to deliver his world-famous story seminar. This was a special adapted version of the seminar called The Power of Story.
Northern Lights Film Festival - Lets Make Mischief
Haus Projects promoted and event managed a city-wide treasure hunt to mark the closing night of the Northern Lights Film Festival in Newcastle upon Tyne. Let's Make Mischief began as an online viral project, and we worked with creative media company Mere Mortals and writer Ian Fenton to develop this innovative pervasive game, which had teams scouring for clues and challenging 'targets', hoping to be the first to return to Tyneside Cinema with missing film cans, and win VIP tickets to the preview screening of Kick Ass.
transmediale.10 - FUTURITY NOW
transmediale is an international festival for contemporary art and digital culture founded in 1988, which takes place annually in Berlin. In 2010 Haus Projects was delighted to work with the festival team to help deliver events and manage artist liaison. tm.10 had over 200 participants from around the world, and we were excited to develop an ambitious programme of guest services and festival support for all those involved.
Design Event
Design Event aim to engage the public and raise knowledge and awareness of design, develop regional designers, position and promote the North East as a hotbed of design talent and creativity, and offer personal development and business support to designers and design curators.
Striding Edge Community - Young Womens Film Academy
Haus is helping coordinate a community project with film production company Striding Edge Films. The Young Women's Film Academy helps empower young women carers, aged 13-18, to realise their thoughts and ideas through documentary film.
The Forge - Metamorphosis
In 2005, the Department for Culture Media and Sport declared Durham a designated Cultural Hub, encouraging inclusive, forward-thinking creative projects to take place with young people in the region, partnering schools and arts, cultural and heritage organisations across the North East.
The Sancho Plan - The Black Page
Haus Projects has produced the group's latest piece of work, called The Black Page. The Black Page tells the tale of a lost wanderer who stumbles into a surreal desert landscape, and learns that the door home can only be opened by an unusual guardian. Frank Zappa meets Salvador Dali in this unique interactive entertainment experience.
Tyneside Cinema - The Learning Revolution
Haus Projects programmed and managed a series of events and creative activities with the Tyneside Cinema, called The Learning Revolution. From January to March 2010, almost 300 hours of activity took place in the cinema, bringing in new audiences and testing the building as a mixed arts venue. There was everything from writing workshops and late night film screenings, to guest speakers and comic writing challenges. And lots of online activity too.
EAT Newcastle Gateshead - Beer and Chilli Festival
Haus Projects event managed a standalone mini-festival, part of renowned EAT! Newcastle Gateshead in June 2010. The event was a celebration of everything chilli and beer, with taster sessions, demonstrations and cooking competitions.
Name and Nick Able - MEGACITY
We are producing a new audiovisual performance with visual artists Name (Nik Barrera and Andrew Nixon) and musician Nick Able. MEGACITY is an audiovisual show involving live musicians, which explores unusual narratives from India, bringing these experiences back to the UK and dissecting, transforming and remixing them for their live performance. The project will involve shooting footage and creating content in New Delhi with Indian artists, culminating in a live performance to premiere at The Sage Gateshead. The show will go on to tour music and digital media festivals in 2011.