Festival 2022

The Melting Ceremony ft. Neil Luck & ARCO

7th July 7:30pm (2022)

The Octagon

Neil Luck and Hydar Dewachi collaborate with young people from our Neighbourhood Schools in Tower Hamlets and the Blackheath Morris Men.

PRICE: £20

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Composer Neil Luck is fascinated by British folk customs and the roles they play in marking key moments in life. In collaboration with young people from our Neighbourhood Schools in Tower Hamlets and a dozen members of the Blackheath Morris Men, Neil and filmmaker Hydar Dewachi will explore the need for the arcane roles of ceremony and collective ritual in bringing people together to dream of new futures.

DOORS OPEN AT 7pm
RUNNING TIME:  60 minutes with no interval

Commissioned by Spitalfields Music Festival with the support of the New Music Commission Fund

Photo by Yiannis Katsaris

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Venue information

The Octagon

Queen's Building, Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS

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