Convivium
by Craig McCorquodale
When: LUNCH- 12:00- 13:30. &. DINNER - 16:30 - 18:00
Where: Old Kilpatrick Parish Church Hall Grounds.
Age Rating: 12+
Convivium is a Roman-style public banquet — an outdoor feast where plates are plentiful and no one is left hungry. Cooked in collaboration with local people, this meal celebrates the breadth of culinary traditions that exist in West Dumbartonshire and how food can evoke memories of the most visceral kind. Translating from Latin as ‘living together’, Convivium asks how many stories, many dishes and many people can find their place at the one table.
With Roman opulence aplenty, this banquet imagines alternative ways to eat together, with dishes that transport us elsewhere or guide us home. Join us as we share stories with a full mouth, feed grapes to our neighbours and lick our plates clean!
Please note:
This performance is limited capacity and will happen twice. Please only book tickets for one event.
All food served will be vegetarian and any allergens will be clearly communicated at the event. whilst we cannot cater for acute allergies, we will do our best to make this event accessible for as wide a group of people as possible.
If you would like to get in touch regarding any access requirements you have around diet or allergens, please write to us on contact@hydraarts.org.
Lead Artist: Craig McCorquodale
Collaborators: Eleanor Buchanan, Carolyn Hutchison
Stage Manager: Claire Semple
Image: Molly Jack
About the Artist
Craig McCorquodale is an artist based in Glasgow, making work both for the theatre and public space.
He thinks of his work as Social Sculpture: performance events that might challenge the perceptions we have of each other. How fragile, visceral, ineffable, accidental, unforeseen or seemingly impossible live moments can upend the tyranny of theatre and model new and vital ways of existing together. In this way, Craig’s practice exists as part of a canon of artists working internationally at the intersection of professional theatre-making and expanded social practice.
Craig invites all kinds of people into his work, and in recent years he has collaborated with children, policemen, ballroom dancers, football teams, builders, a 100 year-old, an embalmer and the Shaw and Compton Town Crier.
Roman Fest is made possible through Creative Scotland's Extended Programme Fund
