Review / looking ahead

As I sit in our office watching the snow fall and clutching my mug of hot coffee to keep the chill out, I realise that 2010 is nearly over and what a busy year its’ been. Whispers from a Rickshaw has toured all around the UK, from Glasgow to London audiences have enjoyed a mesmerising ride in a rickshaw, whilst we enjoyed working with a whole bunch of new artists, It was a wonderful project that we hope to expand. MBD was then commissioned to be the artistic directors of a large-scale outreach project in the North East which saw them create an interactive multimedia installation encouraging teenagers to look at a healthier life style. Back in the region we created a new Watch This Space audio tour for Naesby Battle Site exploring the civil war. On the road FIB was presented at The National Theatre's Watch This Space Season for a weeks run, whilst Hansel and Gretel went on tour culminating in MBD winning the George Kitson prize for the greatest contribution to the advancement of street arts in 2010. Not a bad year considering a couple of babies were born (just to keep the artistic directors even busier). But that was 2010, what does 2011 have in store? Well it will finally see us complete the Four Seasons programme of work. I can't wait to see all four large-scale installations in Lincoln during the digital arts festival. Watch This Space will be creating a new site-specific project at the National Trust property Canons Ashby. Further a field MBD will be working with Reial Companyia de Teatre de Catalunya, on an intimate performance for museum spaces that will be touring to high profile street arts festivals across Europe and it looks highly likely that we will be creating a new project in Singapore. So it looks set to be another very busy year for MBD!