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A hope is not a wish, but a protest for what is possible. 

 

Performed at dusk below an iconic bell, Bridie Hooper invites you to share your hopes and bear witness to a series of performed passages that inspire a reconsideration of our unity and connection.    

 

Drawing on the bell’s sonic wonder, the virtuosity of circus, and the intimacy of the invitation, each hope is transformed through a personalised physical rite, ascending to its release in the distinctive sound of the tolling bell. 

 

Ringing out across the landscape, these calls to action celebrate the power of hope, empowering us through an innately human experience.  

What do you hope for?

 

 

“ Mesmerising. Powerful. Stunning. Profound. Just loved every bit of it.”​​

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ABOUT THE WORK 

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Part installation, part interactive performance, For Whom The Bell Tolls is a transformative public art experience.
Merging circus, participatory art and a tolling bell, this work activates the unique or quotidian spaces as locations where art and community meet and thrive

The hour-long work consists of a series of cyclic, intimate rituals of exchange punctuated with the performer’s ascent to toll a bell suspended up to 10m high. It invites audience members to share their deepest hope one-to-one with the artist, whose personalised physical reply forms an intimate dialogue with the participant, culminating in the hope’s transformation, celebration and release in sonic form.

Through the aural resonance of the bells tolling the sound frequencies surrounding onlookers will be altered, momentarily placing everybody on the same wave-length -a powerful uniting of energy through sonic frequency, inspiring a reconsideration of our unity and connection through hope.

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CREATIVE TEAM
 

Director/Artist- Bridie Hooper

Bell Concept, Design and Tuning- Anton Hasell

Dramaturg- Liesel Zink

Composer – Lawrence English

Set Design- Josh McIntosh

Lighting Design - Steven May

Artistic Mentor- Ida Sophia

Rigger - Helen Clifford 

Production Manager - Peter Rhoades

Stage Manager - Imogen Millhouse

Producer- Tom Pritchard

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