The Corner Shop goes into rehearsal

01 September 2008

Using recorded stories as a starting point we will create a new theatre production working with a team of professionals and volunteers from the local community. Using artefacts and recreating shop environments, The Corner Shop will explore the lives of the families behind the counter and the customers in front, reflecting the changing nature of the Black Country corner shop over the years, from its traditional roots through to the South Asian corner shop and now shops catering for specific newer migrant communities.

The performance will be taking place in a disused shop, right at the heart of West Bromwich. For more information on The Corner Shop click here, for a selection of images of people that we have interviewed in the research process, as well as more pictures of rehearsals click here, and for an inside view of the beginning of the devsiing process, keep an eye on our blog!

Performances: 26th September – 4th October 2008
Audience meeting point: The Public , New Street, West Bromwich, B70 7PG

26th Sept: 1pm, 7pm;
27th Sept: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm (VIP & Press performance by invite only);
28th Sept: 1pm, 4pm;
29th Sept: 1pm, 7pm;
1st Oct: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm;
2nd Oct: 1pm, 7pm;
3rd Oct: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm;
4th Oct: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm.

To book tickets, call The Public on 0121 533 7162

The Corner Shop is a partnership theatre and heritage project co-produced with Black Country Touring, in association with English Heritage, Sandwell Museums Service, Sandwell Community History Archives Service, Birmingham Archives & Heritage and The Public. The Corner Shop is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and supported by English Heritage and The Sir Barry Jackson Trust.