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Straad Kirk has been cast in the role of the captain of the Zeppelin that will fly over Skinningrove School re-enacting an event that took place nearly 100 years ago. Unlike the actual Zeppelin of 1915 the one Kirk will be flying has a fully stocked bar. Clearly the cast will be frequenting this craft regularly. This is part of the filming of “Tommy and Barry Go Back” to be premmiered at Saltburn Community Theatre, Annimex Fringe on February 10th 2011.

Work has started on content for Animex Fringe 2011 which will take place  on Feb 10 2011 at  Saltburn theatre. First two off the blocks began in destinations with the script conference for “Tommy and Barry Go Back” (below) and Redcar and Cleveland Mind’s character building session (bottom pic). Mid have not yet disclosed the nature of their work but we gather it is to be set in Redcar.

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Last weekend saw a fantastic event at Loftus Town Hall. As part of Heritage Open Days the Town Hall played host to a range of exhibits from community history groups downstairs and the fabulous Octorama was housed upstairs. In the Council Chamber there was a presentation of the wonderful image archive from Loftus Digital Village. Overall the event had over 500 visitors with the public on Saturday and schools visits on Monday. The eight screens featured content from East Cleveland communities and 8 speakers delivered sounds and stories from local people recorded by Skinningrove History Group. This had been a culmination of over two months work by volunteers including most of Loftus Town Council to build a portable Octorama.

You can see video and images of the whole development here:

http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/development-blog/

Or follow the weekend event in this order

http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/elected-volunteers/
http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/the-build/
http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/the-event/
http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/schools-visits/
http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/the-end/

Or Follow the entire story from start to finish

http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/development-blog/?order=ASC

Directly following the exhibition the Octorama featured again at the “Inspiring Digital Engagement Festival” in Sheffield. See below.

Here are two previews of the exhibition taking place on September 11th and 13th as part of the Heritage Open Day at Loftus Town Hall. . Although we can’t do the 8 screens and speaker of the Octorama justice here, these two clips may give you a flavour of the event

NB – the audio and video content are separate entities. They are independent of each other although occasionaly they seem to synch. This is unintentional.

This clips now feature pictures from the East Cleveland Image Archive and John Lawson, readings from the Skinningrove and Carlin How Schools log books by children from Whitcliffe Primary School and recordings by Skinningrove History Group all put together in a soundscape by Steve Thompson. There are also videos from Skinnimation, TVCM and the Straad Players.

The Octorama event for Sept 11th is coming along nicely. You can follow progress here:

http://tvcm.co.uk/ironage/development-blog/

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