Men & Girls Dance is a dance performance by Fevered Sleep celebrating adults’ and children’s right to share, play and dance together. In April 2024 Men and Girls Dance was performed at the Forum, Duke Street, Barrow bringing together two very different groups of performers together: men who dance professionally and girls from Barrow-in-Furness who dance […]
In March 2023, as part of Barrow Window Wanderland, organised by BarrowFull, artist Elizabeth Clough worked with pupils from Sacred Heart school to create a window display in Barrow Market. Jellyfish photo credit: Ed Downer
In November 2023, BarrowFull hosted the performance of Fee Fi Fo Fum from Open Theatre at the Forum in Barrow. Inspired by the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, with a twist. ‘Fee Fi Fo Fum’ is an immersive and interactive theatre experience. Created for everyone and anyone to enjoy, ‘Fee Fi Fo Fum’ uses music, props and […]
On 14th September 2024, Obscura Theatre brought an evening of storytelling from local writers to Barrow Town Hall. Writers, delved beneath the skin of Barrow, the Furness Peninsula, and the surrounding landscape to discover what lurks beneath.
During 2024, BarrowFull's artist for change, Danielle Chappell Aspinwall ran Make / Do / Mend cafe's around Barrow at Barrow Island Community Centre, The Devonshire on Barrow Island and Furness 4 U connect hub on Howard Street, Barrow.
On Friday 20th September 2024, BarrowFull hosted M.O.B (Men of Barrow) Poetry and Spoken Word Night, at Barrow Underground Music (BUMS), to mark the end of the project Barrow Dreams: Present Dreams where men had been writing poetry with poet Matt Windle. Men who participated in Present Dreams presented their poems and there was an […]
In June and July 2024, artist Sarah Hardacre led a guided walk for women around the South Walney Nature Reserve. Sarah took participants on a journey through the life and landscape of Peggy Braithwaite and the South Walney Lighthouse on this gentle social walk. The walk was part of Sarah's residency with BarrowFull, for the […]
In June 2024, BarrowFull painted poetry by men in Barrow onto Barrow AFC's Football pitch. Poetry on the pitch was supported by Barrow AFC - as part of BarrowFull's Barrow Dreams, a project exploring the past, present and future dreams of people in Barrow. Barrow Dreams: Present, was a project with recent Commonwealth boxing champion […]
On 1st April 2023, BarrowFull presented Festival of Colours 2023, celebrating spring traditions from across the UK and world with a brand new version of Festival of Colours at The Forum and Barrow's Town Hall. There was Morris Dancing, puppetry, classical Japanese music, circus and weaving workshops and a wide range of other arts and […]
In September 2024, creative practitioners Milly Rolle and Rich Rusk set up a pop up space in Barrow Library for people to enjoy the seven 360 films they had created with people aged 11-19 and people aged 60+ in Barrow, during their residency for BarrowFull's Barrow Dreams project. They also held workshops and were there […]
