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Ideas about the countryside influence debate about national identity, modernity and ideals of citizenship. The Village Hall Roadshow is an art and film programme which will tour 5 villages in a converted Luton van starting in Port Sunlight on the 3rd of May. There will be a special opening on the evening of May Day Bank Holiday (6th May). All welcome.

Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane are collaborating on a steam powered internet. Joanne Tatham & Tom O Sullivan have written and published a novella for the roadshow. There will also be a commissioned 100 second film by Vehicle shown in a mobile cinema designed by Jerki and on the walls of the village halls will be a selection of landscapes by the photographer John Davies.

The village hall roadshow is touring the following venues:

Port Sunlight, Merseyside - 3rd - 6th May
Kingsley, Cheshire - 11th - 14th May
Parbold, Greater Manchester - 22nd - 25th May
Brampton Bierlow, South Yorkshire - 28th - 31st May
Aughton, Lancashire - 4th June - 7th June

All openings are at 5pm on the first day at each venue (except for the initial launch on the Bank Holiday Monday).

Throughout the tour there will be a programme of films and documentaries shown in the cinema, a library of videos and books for visitors to borrow, commissioned t-shirts designed by AHC and Sue Tompkins, talks by local historians and speakers from further afield, a newsletter for the network of villages, a raffle and a wide range of local activities taking place at each venue.

The Village Hall Roadshow has been funded by the Arts Council of England and North West Arts Board with additional support from the Turnpike Gallery - Leigh, The Lighthouse - Glasgow, The Engineers Emporium, The Stableyard ISP - Glasgow and Cains Brewery (launch night).

courtesy:www.villagehalls.org
(Article May 2002)

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.	Ideas about the countryside influence debate about national identity, modernity and ideals of citizenship. The Village Hall Roadshow is an art and film programme which will tour 5 villages in a converted Luton van starting in Port Sunlight on the 3rd of May. There will be a special opening on the evening of May Day Bank Holiday (6th May). All welcome. Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane are collaborating on a steam powered internet. Joanne Tatham & Tom O Sullivan have written and published a novella for the roadshow. There will also be a commissioned 100 second film by Vehicle shown in a mobile cinema designed by Jerki and on the walls of the village halls will be a selection of landscapes by the photographer John Davies. The village hall roadshow is touring the following venues: Port Sunlight, Merseyside - 3rd - 6th May Kingsley, Cheshire - 11th - 14th May Parbold, Greater Manchester - 22nd - 25th May Brampton Bierlow, South Yorkshire - 28th - 31st May Aughton, Lancashire - 4th June - 7th June All openings are at 5pm on the first day at each venue (except for the initial launch on the Bank Holiday Monday). Throughout the tour there will be a programme of films and documentaries shown in the cinema, a library of videos and books for visitors to borrow, commissioned t-shirts designed by AHC and Sue Tompkins, talks by local historians and speakers from further afield, a newsletter for the network of villages, a raffle and a wide range of local activities taking place at each venue. The Village Hall Roadshow has been funded by the Arts Council of England and North West Arts Board with additional support from the Turnpike Gallery - Leigh, The Lighthouse - Glasgow, The Engineers Emporium, The Stableyard ISP - Glasgow and Cains Brewery (launch night). courtesy:www.villagehalls.org (Article May 2002)