Public Projects

‘Impossible to pigeon-hole, crosses boundaries and brings people together.'
The Guardian, UK

Lone Twin create community-based projects and performances for specific sites and locations. Recent works include the Barbican commission Spiral - an 8-day journey through the unique spaces of the Barbican estate, and Town Crying, a series of performed stories based on conversations with local people across the North East of England.

Current projects in development include:


Beastie

Following the success of our work in children's television we are currently developing a live experience for children. In this groundbreaking format small groups of children have the opportunity to become keepers for the day of a living, breathing, mythical creature, an event that confounds the adult world around them.


Speeches

Members of the public collaborate with a professional speechwriter to create proclamations based on their knowledge and experience of a particular location; their home, their place of work, etc. Each highly subjective and personal speech will be given as a public performance and be sited in the location to which it refers.


The Boat Project

A town sets about the communal building of a boat constructed entirely from its unwanted wood. The building process, overseen by a professional boat builder, is open to all, as is use of the boat once completed. The boat's maiden voyage, an international trip to partner towns and festivals, will be crewed by a nominated group of townsfolk.