Community-rooted adventures
Ends & Tales was a series of immersive smartphone adventures on foot, inspired by the untold stories and histories around us. Created by Coney and Tamasha, the project had three instalments exploring different localities, details of which you can find below.
2019 – 2023
Duppy Hunter:
A Local’s Guide to St Pauls, Bristol
Produced by Tamasha in partnership with Trinity Community Arts, and in association with Coney.
October 2023
Some people call dem duppy.
Dem is the half of we spirit that stay on earth.
The other half gone to the ancestors.
Most is good, some is pure trouble.
Some well, they just like mischief.
A duppy has gone loose in St Pauls and leading duppy hunter, Josie needs your help tracking it down. You will be Josie’s eyes and ears, helping her to solve the riddles the duppy leaves on its trail. Zipping past Stapleton Road, cutting through Pennywell Road, crossing the Danny, before heading onto to St Pauls, every location holds a personal resonance for Josie – conjuring up nostalgia and a Bristol of yore. As you travel through St Pauls, you may begin to wonder if this duppy is hiding something. One thing is for sure – you need to find it and fast.
Duppy Hunter: A Local’s Guide to St Pauls, Bristol was the third instalment in the Ends & Tales series. Participants were navigated through and around St Pauls in Bristol.
Credits
Writer Edson Burton
Director Hanna Adu-Boateng
Composer Courtney Beckford
Sound Design Jake Gaule
Twine Programmers Suzanna and Catherine Hurst
Choir congregation Corey Rumble, Jake Gaule, Sholmiat Sarfaraz, Stefan Boakye. With Direction by Jake Gaule
10 Thousand Heartbeats:
A Local’s Guide to Liverpool Chinatown 異國 · 龍鄉: 一部利物浦中國城的指引
A Coney & Tamasha joint project in partnership with Everyman Playhouse, in association with Unity.
May – July 2022
Settle down inside yourself
Connect with the beat of your own heart
I’ll show you how to travel anywhere in the universe without leaving this spot
I think we can all appreciate the value of that…
Where there was once a bustling street in the heart of the city, there’s now an eerie silence as you walk through Liverpool Chinatown. Who built this neighbourhood? How did it become what it is today?
10 Thousand Heartbeats: A Local’s Guide to Liverpool Chinatown 一 異國 · 龍鄉: 一部利物浦中國城的指引 was an immersive smartphone adventure inviting audiences to walk in the footsteps of Chinatown residents past and present. Step through the Chinatown Arch and uncover the stories behind The Nook, Chung Wah Supermarket and The Bagelry and the new St George’s Square mural.
Hear from the audiences…
Credits
Writer & Director Jude Christian
Writer Naomi Sumner
Lead Producer Tuyet Van Hunyh
Producers Debo Adebayo, Ellie Browning & Eliza Cass
Dramaturg Fin Kennedy
Interactive Dramaturg Tassos Stevens
Community Ambassador Fenfen Huang
Sound Designer Nicola Chang
Graphics Donald Shek
Twine Progammer Sam Wong
We Are Shadows:
A Local’s Guide to Brick Lane
A Coney & Tamasha digital joint project, in collaboration with Rightful Place Theatre Company, supported by Derwent London and Rich Mix.
October 2019; September – October 2020
Be our guest in the land of shadows
There are ghosts in these walls if you listen hard enough
And if you’re here after dark
You might even catch a glimpse….
We Are Shadows: A Local’s Guide to Brick Lane invited audiences to discover the real Brick Lane – from Bengali laskars to Satanic wedding guests, local wrestlers to the street’s most successful family. These people have cast their shadows onto the pavements of E1. Beyond the curry house strip and trendy bar culture, this place has history.
Credits
Writers Fin Kennedy & Rabiah Hussain
Co-creator and Interactive Dramaturgy Tassos Stevens
Director Sita Thomas
Creative Associate Afsana Begum
Sound Designer Sarah Sayeed
Screen Design & Programming Ed Naujokas & Tassos Stevens
Rightful Place Theatre Community Consultants Reshma Begum, Nowshin Sweety, Sabina Khan, Runa Hoque, Ferdous Ahmed
Producers Ellie Browning (Coney) & Debo Adebayo (Tamasha)
Digital Producer Malakai Sargeant
