We think that re:bourne is the future of the community festival in England. It’s fiercely local but open to new ideas from outsiders (like us). It applies creative thinking across a variety of art forms–theatre, visual art, film, music, more–to otherwise ordinary spaces. It takes as its foundation community pride and history, but looks towards the future. It is calibrated for its audience but doesn’t condescend to them.
We know it won’t all work as we’d planned; that is the nature of experimental art and performance work, and perhaps particularly so when working in ‘live’ spaces like a local high street. But we also hope that for every moment that doesn’t go quite as planned there will be others of unexpected pleasure; the impact you can’t predict materially, even while you’re working towards it from day one. Come along. We think you’ll like what you discover.
