Between 4-8 May 2011, Mapping the City enjoyed a sell-out run and received brilliant reviews in both local and national press.
It’s Hull, Jim, but not as we know it!
The way we see our surroundings changes as we change; as we move through time, through our lives and through the lives of others.
This May, Slung Low transformed the streets of Hull into a giant theatre set, leading lucky audience members on a dramatic treasure hunt in a once-in-a-lifetime experience that changed the way they’ll see the city forever.
Mapping the City, an insider view
Mapping the City used Hull as its set to take audiences on a new adventure through time and place....
Alan Lane, Director of Mapping The City, talks about working with imove
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Mapping the City – actress, Catherine Shepherd
Actress Catherine Shepherd on playing a lead role in Mapping the City....
Alan Lane on Mapping the City
Alan Lane, Artistic Director of Slung Low, tells us about Mapping the City....
The cast of Mapping the City tells us their ‘imove ands…’
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Lucy on Mapping the City
Dancer and actress Lucy Hind, who plays the lovely Alice, talks about Mapping the City....
James Phillips
James was one of the writers for Mapping the City. James Phillips’ first play, The Rubenstein Kiss, premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London and won the John Whiting Award and the TMA Award for Best New Play. He wrote The Little Fir Tree, a fairy story commissioned by the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. He directed both of...
Alan Lane
Alan Lane is Artistic Director of Slung Low, the company behind Mapping the City. Slung Low is a company specialising in new work created by teams of artists and collaborators from a wide range of creative backgrounds. Alan has directed all their previous work - including Anthology (Liverpool Everyman), The Knowledge Emporium (Gate Theatre), Captain...
Jenny Worton
Jenny Worton wrote the first ‘beat’ of Mapping the City. Jenny is a writer and a dramaturge and has been the Artistic Associate at the Almeida Theatre since 2005. Before that she worked for the Tricycle Theatre, the Bush Theatre, the National Theatre and Out of Joint and was also selector for the National Student...
Matthew David Scott
Matthew is co-founder of Slung Low and co-writer of Mapping the City. Matthew David Scott was born in Manchester and now lives in South Wales, where he teaches English at an inner-city comprehensive. He has published two novels, Playing Mercy, which was listed for the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize and, more recently, The Ground Remembers....
