VENUE: THE PLAYTRAIL ARTITUDE TENT
A recently graduated environmental anthropologist, Rebecca has been writing music since childhood, releasing her debut folk EP at 16 years old.
Her debut single ‘Escape’ (after which the EP was named), tells the story of a realisation in a forest that we need to escape the ‘cage’ that is the capitalist system we ‘robots’ are all under. The EP was followed by a string of collaborations, including the pop-soul single ‘Control’, a collaboration with jazz producer David Lyttle. This was followed by a two-song collaboration with the ulster orchestra, one of which was about the refugee situation in France at the time (with relevant themes addressed in a world expecting 1.4 billion climate refugees by 2060).
Rebecca’s setlist will include environmentalist folk classics as well as her own songs and spoken word / poetry around the theme of climate, environment and justice.
Duration: 45 mins
Suitable for all Ages
ARTITUDE CLIMATE FESTIVAL
A free three day community-led celebration of art, climate action and the circular economy.
Showcasing creative, community-led responses to the climate emergency, the festival is delivered in collaboration with The Gathering, Zero Waste North West (ZWNW), Northern Ireland Resources Network (NIRN), Environmental Justice Network Ireland (EJNI) and Making Relatives - a visit of water and land protectors from Ojibwe Nation, US.
Emerging from The Playhouse's Artitude: Climate, Culture and Circularity project, the festival is part of a unique and transformational programme of activity, using the arts and creative practice to engage communities in the DCSDC area in exploring climate action and the circular economy, with a view to encouraging positive behavioural change.
The Playhouse works with partners Zero Waste North West, Northern Ireland Resources Network, Queens University and Derry City and Strabane District Council to use the arts to co-ordinate and deliver the 18 month programme.
