Sat 11 Sep 2021 @ 10.00
Various Locations
FREE
These pieces were created by writers engaged in the City Voices programme who we’ve worked with on Faith, and explore themes central to the project. City Voices is a writing programme supporting professional and non-professional Coventry writers creating work to be included as part of Coventry City of Culture major events.
Faith is co-produced by Coventry City of Culture Trust and the Royal Shakespeare Company with City Voices and Coventry faith communities.
Coventry Confession
Jaspal Singh
Broadgate Square
10am and 3pm
A confession from Coventry exploring the identity of this city, in all its many forms. Jaspal Singh is a Coventry-based writer who will perform his own piece.
Bless Me, Father
Alexandra Johnson
Christ the King Catholic Church, 14 Westhill Road, Coventry, CV6 2AA
10.30am
Alex and Sean are a newly married couple who have moved to Coventry from Ireland in the 1970s. They each speak with their priest about adjusting to life in Coventry, from the unusual food to the generalisations made about their identity.
From Ghost to Queen
Navkiran Mann
Coventry Cathedral Ruins
12pm and 2pm
This personal piece explores what it means to come of age and to find a faith that speaks to your inner truth.
The Church of Unconditional Love
Wes Finch
Broadgate Square
1pm
Performed by an actor, the piece features a fictional street preacher who claims space in Broadgate and asks people to stop and consider what they want from their lives, and what they truly need. Inviting them to take part in a fictional meeting to consider joining the Church of Unconditional Love.
A Coventry Compline
Christine Foxon
Coventry Cathedral
A prayer written for Coventry from a local writer. The piece explores Coventry's past, present, and hopes for the future.
Birthday Gifts – A Visual Installation
Kim Hackleman
Swanswell Park
On his birthday, a mother sends her son a series of eight gifts that will serve him on this day and for the rest of his life. Advice that she hopes will see him grow into the person she knows he can be.
Supported by Backstage Trust and David and Sandra Burbidge
The City Voices programme was devised and created by Theatre Absolute in 2019, in partnership with Coventry City of Culture Trust
