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2016 – 2026 Ten years of Dark Olive — revisiting fifteen projects, one a week
SpareParts

SpareParts

Community festival of transport

Role
Production Management
Location
North West England
With
LeftCoast / Wyre Council / Cheshire East
Date
2018 and 2019
The SpareParts identity - the words SPARE PARTS in pink and yellow, the letterforms built from wheels, girders, cogs and track

We production managed 4 locations in North West England for a transport themed collaboration festival

This was a collection of large scale public events focussed around the theme of transport, with walkabouts, site specific and performance acts.

A band performing on a large mobile machine of scaffold, drums and salvaged steel
The Band At The End Of The World — Photo: Mark Dawson
Routes: a large-headed puppet carried on poles by performers against a bright summer sky
Routes
High Flyers: two performers in flying gear and goggles beside a riveted pod on wheels, signalling with bats
High Flyers
Roger Blighty: a performer in flying jacket and cap with a penny-farthing built into an aeroplane fuselage
Roger Blighty

In 2014 a unique partnership between volunteer led Fleetwood Festival of Transport, Creative People & Places project LeftCoast and Wyre Council's Arts and Events team was formed. The idea was to programme a large-scale transport themed piece of art, into the hugely successful and well-established Tram Sunday programme.

In subsequent years the collaboration expanded to include Cheshire East Council, Crewe Town Council, Oldham Council, and Sandbach Town Council.

People reclining on soft inflated forms set out in long grass, a dog beside them
Soundscape

Dark Olive was brought in to run the Production Management contract, responsible for ensuring all events ran safely and on budget.

What was great about this project was that it required seperate local authorities, town councils, and independent cultural organisations to work together, share best practice and support each other.

A torchlit night procession: an illuminated horse drawing a woven chariot through a lantern-lit street
Boudicca

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