Please watch video for more information (more photos will be added soon!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM80let5vkI
Abundance is part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival and has been made possible with support from Creative Black Country, Mercian Community Trust, Your Trust Charity and the Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust.
Creative Director: Kate DeRight
Creative Lead: Hayley Guest
Lead Designer: Louise Worrall
Play Architects: Tyrone Williams, Luke Greenwood, Robin Jax, Paul Carroll
Artist Growers: Hortulani - Rachel Wells and Helen Kelly
Artist Makers: Carolyn Morton, Vik Chandla, Iros Bertz
Sensory Consultant: Kaye Winwood
Producer: Heidi Murphy
Production Manager: Matt Tarbuck
Builders: Joel Wycherley, Amy Carroll, Richard Constable
Residential Support Worker: Esme Brown
Wheelchair Consultant: Isaac Archibald
Filmmaker: Tom Chimiak
Photographer: Kyle Simms
This project has been co-designed and continued to develop with creative input from the local community including participants from the following places: SCEP’s INside/OUTside schools St Gregory’s Primary School, St Phillip’s Catholic Primary, Crockett’s Community Primary (Kristina Hall); Oasis Community Hub, Oasis Academy Foundry, Oasis Academy Boulton (Meg Tucker, Fay Todd); Bearwood Community Hub (Sally Taylor); Brushstrokes Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support (Bryan Kirkup); BUDS Dementia Support (Aimee, Pat); Ideal for All at Independent Living Centre (Danielle Harris, Jamie Upton-Speed); SAFS South Asian Family Support (Geeta Gupta), and Calthorpe Academy (Darragh Staunton).
Birmingham 2022 Festival: Claire Birch, Sophie Clark, Louisa Davies, Fabio Thomas, Becky Kroon, Dora Fisher, Helen Frost, Will Mauchline, Emma Clueit, Martin Green
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and Birmingham Healthcare Services: Ruth Wilkin, Amy Martin, Dawn Webster, Johnny Shah, Famena Nawaz, Ian Walker, Adrian Seeley, Timothy Nash, Gareth Hurlbut, Vijay Droch, Ian Hawthorn, Warren Grigg, Kevin Reynolds, Paul Davies, Rebecca Bates, Mark Lee, Christopher Wright, Robert Sanderson
Creative Black Country: Parminder Dosanjh, Sajida Carr, Kerry O’Coy, Fiona Dye
With huge thanks to Andrew at Urban Herbs, Viridis Plants with Boningale Nursery, Mick Moreton from Jericho, Cate Crichton, Sue and Andy Duffield, Eddie Breen, Alex and Natalie Ferguson, and friends and family for all the support they give that enables our work (as well as childcare in some instances).