Walking Trees Collective and Bait Theatre have come together to explore the queer ecology of Hastings to honour this May Day and Jack in the Green celebrations!!!
Important info!
We will meet at Hastings Country Car Park, Saturday 3rd May at 13:50 to start promptly at 14:00.
Link to the car park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EiFVjG1EmKAN4oRq9. Car park tickets cost £3.60 for two hours up until 4.00pm (end of the day for the carpark!). There are also taxi and bus services from Hastings Old Town, or ! if you fancied walking from the old town up to us then it will take you around 1.5 hours and is a lovely scenic hike.
The walk takes us down through the Fairlight Glen woodlands towards the clothing optional beach at the end.
The walk will be punctuated with creative, reflective prompts engaging and prompting participants to respond.
Some of the terrain is uneven and a bit steep therefore we advice sensible, grippy, closed shoes. We will be taking it slowly and taking regular breaks with water and snack intervals.
About the walk!
In this walking workshop we will explore queerness in the more-than-human world around Hastings. Playing with sound, movement and action we will explore our environment by slipping into our animal skins and breathing through leaves.
We'll ask how, by playing with becoming more than human, can we create new cross-species communities?
In this carnivalesque workshop, we will turn our day-to-day lives on their head as we welcome in the spring by using artistic and performance practices to dig into the layers of ecology around us and experience it from different perspectives.
Contamination, Community, Connection!
Come along to explore and open, move, ponder, reinvigorate and reflect as a group - above all else, this is a lovely way to meet new people, try something NEW and be outside moving and learning about ecology through creative engagement!
Art materials, drinks, snacks and lovely beach fire to gather around (unless it's too hot!) will all be provided.
Our events are queer-positive spaces and are open to all aged 18+.
No previous art-making experience needed, just an experimental hat and a willing heart!
Please contact us to let us know if you have any access needs and we will try our best to accommodate.
Please reach out if you are experiencing financial challenges with affording a ticket.
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