There have been eight artists working with Hugh Nankivell on Playing The Map.

You can find out a little bit more about them below.

Artists working on Playing The Map

Hugh Nankivell - Musician
Peter Spafford - Writer
Lizzie Coombes - Photographer
Bob Lockwood – Interactive web-design
Sohail Khan – Actor
Nicki Taylor – Photographer
Mary Keith – Singer - Musician
Najam Javed – Tabla player - Musician
Tony Lidington - Director

Hugh Nankivell

Hugh is a composer and songwriter who is moving (August 2006) to Devon, after spending eleven happy years in Huddersfield. Recently he has been in Japan co-directing and creating Whaletone Opera (April 2006) a community and professional international project. In January and February 2006 Hugh was in the Shetlands composing the music for the National Theatre of Scotland’s debut performance ‘Home’ (for which he won the best music award 2006 in the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland).

During the last decade Hugh has worked on education projects in schools, with the Halle Orchestra, at Huddersfield University, the Royal Opera House and for many arts organisations. He has had commissions from Faulty Optic, Opera North, Mid-Pennine Arts, the Firebird Trust and Wilson/Wilson.

Hugh has toured many parts of the globe (especially Poland, Japan and North Carolina) with ‘East Whistle’ singing sea shanties, playing Rumanian and Irish tunes and playing for dancers, he has also toured with ‘The Noisy Planet Band’, Nankivell’s Optet, Kaap Finale, City Garden and Fossil in addition to bringing up three children and compulsively writing songs.

Connected websites
www.whaletone.co.uk
www.nankivellsoptet.com


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Peter Spafford

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Lizzie Coombes

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Bob Lockwood

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Sohail Khan

I have been working as a freelance theatre arts worker for the past 15 years. During this time I have worked with a great number of companies such as Mind the Gap, Diversity Dance and Creative Partnerships on a number of Schools projects.

These have included a number of long term projects using theatre as a tool for working with young people at risk of exclusion, developing cultural interaction and creative awareness in schools as well as consultancy with young people and exploring issues of diversity in school settings.

I believe that creative processes and practices can and do change peoples lives through there personal and interactive exploration of their potential as expressive artistic beings. I use theatre and related forms to work collaboratively with all types of groups exploring their stories, ideas and creating a space to develop their creativity.

I use artistic processes and techniques that positively engage individuals in a group in opening out and redefining their experiences and the way they regard their potential and their approach to playing.

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Nicki Taylor

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Mary Keith

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Najam Javed

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Tony Lidington

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