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an invitation to listen with ark sheffield

 

Listen to and speak with another Sheffield community member in a specially recorded conversation at The Crucible, Sheffield Theatres.

 

Over the next few weeks a group of not for profit food organisations, artists, community organisers, and academics from Sheffield Hallam University are teaming up with Sheffield Theatres to create a unique show about climate change that features the voices of people from across the city. You are invited to contribute! 

 

Join us for a thirty-minute recorded conversation at The Crucible, where you and another community member will have the opportunity to explore the climate crisis in unique ways.

 

The team behind the wider project will draw on these recordings, and audio from other activities taking place across the city, as they create a special performance at the Crucible Theatre on 6th April. You are invited to assemble with us at the event, where you will hear sounds of the city, listen to diverse voices, and have the opportunity to be part of an urgent conversation about climate change in Sheffield and beyond.

Opportunities for participation will be shared with individuals at the other workshop events.

Share your experience on social media #arksheffieldlisten

Ark Bradford has been developed by Dr Tom Payne (Sheffield Hallam University) and collaborators as part of Bradford 2025, with creative and production support from Moot Works and producing support from an Associate Producer appointed through Propel Bradford.

 

The project builds on the methodology developed through Ark Sheffield (2022), led by Payne in collaboration with Dr Julia Udall and Dr Alex De Little, and presented in partnership with Sheffield Theatres as part of the Together in the City festival. Ark was originally conceived by Payne and first developed in Wales with support from National Theatre Wales. It has evolved through long-term artistic research into climate, water and community, and continues to adapt through collaboration with people and place. 

​Ark Bradford is produced by Moot Works, with funding from Bradford 2025, Bradford Producing Hub, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of Bradford.

Ark Bradford is supported by Bradford Council, and a growing network of artists, organisers and community collaborators across the city. Special thanks to all those who have contributed to Ark Bradford through conversation, care, hospitality and creative insight, and to those who will gather at The Beacon for the Storm-Gathering on 4 September 2025. Photography by Becky Payne.

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