2016 Summer - Metamorphosis Commissions
Festival Visual Identity design
by Claudine O’Sullivan
Shopfront
As part of Southwark Council’s Highstreet Challenge, we collaborated with 10 artists to transform the exterior appearance of Cambewell’s restaurants, cafes, pubs and shops with innovative, imaginative artworks that respond to the 2016 theme of Metamorphosis.
Pop-Up Events
As part of Southwark Council’s Highstreet Challenge, local cultural groups produced a series of events held in public and commercial spaces. Participating groups are Camberwell Choir School, Pangaea Steel Band, The Flying Dutchman, Browbeat Theatre, Owl Parliament Choir, The Pigeon Hole Cafe, ArtDeli & Jenni Fagerstrom.
Commissioned Short Film
We are incredibly excited to share with you this wonderful film by artist Sarah Doyle "Following In Father's Footsteps" sung by the music hall star Miss Vesta Tilley, who laid the foundation stone at Camberwell Music Hall.
The film was commissioned by us here at Camberwell Arts and was premiered at the opening of Camberwell Arts Festival on the 11th June at St Giles' Camberwell at the world first Organoke, hosted by another great music hall star Ida Barr
In 1899 Vesta Tilley laid the foundation stone for the Camberwell Palace Of Varieties, which stood at 23-31 Denmark Hill. At this time Camberwell boasted around half a dozen theatres or cinemas. The day she laid the foundation stone she is reported to have said that she would be “delighted to sing the first song in the new Palace of Varieties”* This film was created as part of Camberwell Arts Festival 2016 “Metamorphosis” project and features a song by the Music Hall star Vesta Tilley. She was one of the foremost musichall acts of her day and started her male impersonation act at the age of only 5 years old. Vesta Tilley personifies metamorphosis, an enduring icon, her influence can still be felt today. *Quote from the theatrical paper the Era, 8th July, 1899 This film has been supported by the Camberwell Arts Festival (11th – 19th June 2016) For more information visit → www.camberwellarts.org.uk
Festival Highlights
