A night of ghastly short films, live cinema performance, spoken word and music – telling tales of gothic horror and supernatural terror.
This November Dr Lighthouse had the opportunity to again collaborate with the good people at The Front Room on an opening event for the 2017 Darkfest called Cure or be Cured.
Staged as part of Portsmouth Darkfest 2018, ‘Cure or be Cured’ was an evening of spoken word, film projections and immersive theatre all inspired by the iconic Plague Doctors who tried to cure sufferers of the Black Death in the 14th Century.
On the Saturday 26th November 2016 the crew at 1000 Plateaus pulled off another remarkable event with no funding and a huge amount of good will from the artists involved.
The organisers of Holmes Fest 2017 invited Dr Lighthouse to create some bespoke visuals to illuminate the Square Tower, Portsmouth in a novel way. A celebration of the arrival of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Portsmouth in late June 1882.
The Front Room, organisers of Not Waving But Downing invited Dr Lighthouse to collaborate on the production of an event that would bring together poetry, film and performance into one unified experience.
As part of Journeys International Festival Dr Lighthouse (aka Roy Hanney) was invited to remix the award winning film Sanctuary/Sustenance: The Story of Many Journeys and stage it as a multi projector immersive performance in Portsmouth Cathedral.
Thanks to Tom Dyer for taking on the roll of official photographer for DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT at The Coastguard Studio for our 26th November 2016 event as part of Portsmouth Darkfest. There are some excellent photos that really capture the spirit and diversity of the event. You can download hi-res copies from the Flickr page.
A night of audiovisual performance, live electronica, spoken word, installations, interstitial architects, psycho-geographers, kinetic sculptors, live artists and theatre-makers.
Thanks to Tom Dyer for taking on the roll of official photographer for THIS IS NOT BORING at The Coastguard Studio for our 2nd July 2016 event. There are some excellent photos that really capture the spirit and diversity of the event. You can download hi-res copies from the Flickr page.
Thank you to Rob Ulitski for shooting and editing this short record of the events that took place at Coastguard Studio on 2nd July 2016. It was an amazing night of spoken word, audiovisual performance, collaborations between experimental musicians and painters, performance art.
After our successful Artists & Writers Speed Networking event at Aurora Cafe on the 7th September we are keen to start gathering ideas and proposals from artists and performers who want to contribute to DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT at Coastguard Studio on Saturday 26th November.
