JULY 13 2019 www.thetrawler.net FREE 13.07.19 South Essex College is proud to support Village Green 2019 Working together to inspire and create opportunities There is still time to apply for September 2019 Visit www.southessex.ac.uk HELLO... CONTRIBUTORS e’re back! Metal celebrates 10 editions of Village Green Colette Bailey this year. Started in 2008 as part of London 2012 Cultural Hannah Brailsford Olympiad, our not-for-profit, family-centred community arts Ed Clarke and music festival once again brings you a diverse mix of Jules Easlea performance, activities, workshops, marketplaces, green spaces and Camilla Fox Wfood. Liam Jefferies Jon Kipps You’ll know some of our headliners this year but don’t miss the future Simon La Roche headliners! Remember Rag N Bone Man in 2016? Village Green was his Reshma Madhi first festival headline slot. We’ve watched Nothing But Thieves develop Sean McLoughlin and grow over the years, as we have too with Ruti, 2018 winner of Emma Mills the Voice, (on our mainstage this year!). Did you see Passenger in the Tillie Peel Sundown Arts tent with just 200 other lucky people? Dan Turpin Lu Williams Look around the whole festival, spot tomorrow’s stars on the smaller Sharon Williams stages and take part in activities that you’ve never tried before: you may discover a new skill or hobby. Join in something different, come out of your comfort zone! By coming to Village Green, you’re helping to support PHOTOGRAPHY the brilliant local creative community. The festival offers them the chance Si Brandon to hone their skills, find new audiences and meet other artists and sibrandon.co.uk performers. Kana Waiwaiku Metal is very proud of our free schools’ day: Village Green: Next Instagram: Generation which for five years has gathered more than 4,000 local @kanawaiwaiku school children each year to celebrate their creativity, offering them the opportunity to engage in cultural activities in an unprecedented festival of music and the arts! DESIGN BY Rich With A dedicated volunteer team makes Village Green so successful. Local justgrow.co businesses, the local councils, freelancers and the town’s transport infrastructure are all vital components too. We want to thank them all and thank you for supporting Village Green over its 9 previous editions. 14 stages and 14 plus areas to explore, more than ever before. So grab your water bottle, hop on a bus, take the train, put on your trainers and head to the park to join in the fun. With BUSTED and Fun Lovin’ Criminals headlining, popular artists returning and new curators bringing fresh acts and ideas, Village Green 10 is all set to be our best festival yet. If you missed us in 2018, don’t miss us in 2019! Sean McLoughlin Festival Director Once you’ve finished with Trawler Paper dispose of it in a responsible manner. You know like lining a cat litter box or rabbit hutch, using as insulation or fancy wallpaper. SPECIAL THANKS TO TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 3 10 Years of Village Green 4 TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 5 Mini Green WORDS: CAMILLA FOX or puppetry shows, sing-alongs, sensory For our youngest festival goers, this much loved play and more, head to Mini Green this year, area also offers a free opportunity to gain your located in our brand new performance very first Arts Award with Discover in a Day, led by space! artist Claire Harrup. Drop in and explore the arts! WithinF a shaded area, you can meet The Lost Find us next to the N-Act Theatre Stage, under the Leigh Goose with Wild Story Theatre and go on a trees. musical adventure with Mrs H and the Singalong Band. In this corner of Village Green, you can also On your journey through Village Green, keep an meet dinosaurs in the swamp with Buttercup Club, eye out for Oscar the Fox, brought to you by leap into a new story from Usborne Books, go wild Festive Road. Oscar is a perambulating, pedal with Taleshakers and so much more. powered, larger than life fox. At 8 metres long, you can’t miss him! Come and visit Play the Rig and become a budding percussionist! A musical playground for the whole family, created with an installation of curiosities built from upcycled objects which have been turned into instruments and experiments. You’ll be amazed what you can recycle! 6 TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 VG: Next Generation WORDS: CAMILLA FOX ince 2013, Metal has extended Village day, there is a huge array of creative activities to Green to include a free festival day discover. exclusively for the young people of Southend. Village Green: Next Generation This year we’re thrilled to be hosting our very takes place the day before Village Green, creating own Clay Olympics, workshops with the Amy San immersive opportunity for young creatives to Winehouse Foundation, visual comedy from The experience music, art and culture within a safe Care Home Tour, a pop-up Print Wagon, creative festival setting. This year is our biggest event yet, sessions with Create98, Bollywood dancing, iPad with more than 4,000 young people joining us Songwriting, interactive performances with N-Act from over 30 different schools, community groups Theatre, an exploration of culture with Priya Mistry, and organisations! musical expression with TIME, explosive shows from the Science Boffins, building sessions with As always, our amazing main stage line-up is filled Bricks4Kidz, masterclasses led by theatre and with the next generation of musicians and artists. music professionals plus loads more! We invite groups and schools to bring their choirs, rock bands and dance groups to take the stage In order to make this event free and accessible and perform for an audience of their peers. The for young people to attend, Village Green: Next result is a brilliant showcase of local talent! Generation relies entirely on funding from Arts Council England, Southend Borough Council, Village Green: Next Generation invites anyone South Essex College and the support from our from Reception to College age to celebrate their Village Green attendees. Thank you for being part creativity, perform on a professional festival stage of the Village Green community! and sign up for a day of artist-led workshops. With over 50 different workshops running through the TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 7 New song for Next Generation WORDS: JULES EASLEA ETAL has brought together two artists worked with the likes of McFly, McBusted, Don from completely different ends of the Broco, Matt Willis, Molotov, and Get Cape, Wear creative spectrum: David Stanley and Cape, Fly. Jason is the singer in the UK alt rock Jason Perry to create a brand new band "A", who won a Kerrang Award for Best song entitled “We Are The Future” for Village British Band. As a freelance music supervisor, MGreen: Next Generation. Jason has been Head of Music for Microsoft / Lift London and the head of music for Mind Candy / David Stanley is the founder and director of a Moshi Monsters. unique, award-winning music education service for people with learning disabilities called The METAL asked David Stanley to compose the new Music Man Project UK. He is also a campaigner, song and invited his Southend-based students to teacher, composer, pianist, percussionist and lead the performance in front of the thousands of theatre organist. He studied at the Guildhall local primary school children who attend Village School of Music and Drama, King's College Green: Next Generation. This follows The Music London, the Royal Academy of Music and the Man Project’s programme of using musicians Institute of Education. David launched the UK’s with a learning disability to educate, inspire first full-time music education service specifically and instruct children from mainstream schools, for children and adults with learning disabilities delivered in partnership with Southend Music in 2012. The ground-breaking Music Man Project Education Hub ‘Music on Sea’. UK provides education, enjoyment and access to inspirational performance opportunities for David said “The song is a celebration of the Next everyone. David campaigns for the equal rights Generation concept. It is about empowering of people with a learning disability to perform at children and, through the leading role of young the most prestigious and aspirational venues. adults with learning disabilities, it is also about celebrating difference and looking towards a Jason Perry is an acclaimed Grammy awarded more equal and enlightened future.” record producer and singer/songwriter who has “It is about empowering children and, through the leading role of young adults with learning disabilities, it is also about celebrating difference and looking towards a more equal and enlightened future.’ David Stanley This project has generously been funded by Arts Council England David Stanley 8 TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 Jason said ‘“I’m looking forward to learning about new ways to collaborate and finding the even more simple ways to connect and communicate through music!” The first performance of ‘We are the Future’ will take place on Friday 12th July as part of Village Green: Next Generation. It will feature learning disabled musicians from The Music Man Project UK, primary school children and special guest performers. The song will continue to be sung by children in the future and be used for similar festivals in years to come. It will be available for children to learn at schools across the country through online teaching resources and a professional recording will be produced as a lasting legacy of the creative process and of the meaning and purpose behind Village Green: Next Generation. TRAWLER: VILLAGE GREEN 2019 9 Attitude is Everything WORDS: EMMA MILLS illage Green has been collaborating with The St Christopher School Academy Trust has the charity Attitude Is Everything, who produced some very special Village Green button work closely with the live music industry, badges.