DocFilm Festival 2012
19 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Film, Society & Culture Tags: big screen, cinema, docfilm, documentary, Festival, film, leicester, phoenix, phoenix square, showcase, square
From Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd January, Leicester will host the second DocFilm Festival. There will be a selection of documentaries and short films on display at the Phoenix Square.
On Saturday 21st January from 4:30pm there will be a showcase of work by Lucy Peel including films such as Public Sector Strike – Protection of Pensions, A Tale of Tent City, The Morning After and Zombie Attack!
More information about the festival and this showcase can be found here.
It’s free to attend this showcase. Hope to see you there!
The 2nd Annual Conference of Boring (2011)
22 Nov 2011 4 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, Society & Culture Tags: 2011, Adam Curtis, boring, boring 2011, Chris T-T, Conference, Felicity Ford, Galit Ferguson, Greg Stekelman, Helen Keen, James Ward, Jon Ronson, Josie Long, Leila Johnston, london, Mark Stevenson, Matt Crosby, Matt Parker, Peter Burnett, Rhodri Marsden, Richard DeDomenici, show, Tim Steiner, Toby Dignum
It was time for the festival of the obscure, the mundane, the common, the twisted, the funny, the celebration of Boring! This year, the Boring conference was taking place at York Hall on Old Ford Road in East London. A sold-out event; it had twice the capacity of the venue used last year and this notice greeted the worryingly excited people upon arrival –
Looks like last year’s inaugural conference had caught the attention of quite a few people!
In The Shadow Of Our Ancestors – Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
23 Jun 2011 1 Comment
in Artists, Historical Re-enactment, Love, music, nature, Old English Traditions, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: cannabis, drugs, Druid, earth, love, pagan, peace, prehistoric, solstice, standing stones, stonehenge, summer
Fancy spending a night under the stars – literally under the stars with at least enough people to fill the London O2 Arena to capacity? You won’t be allowed to take a tent or sleeping bag, just a poncho.
May I Bend Your Ear For A Second?
19 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, music Tags: ballard, david parkin, emo, glynfest, liberation pact, rock, roused to burning homes, shakespeares head
Music promoter Glynfest recently organised an evening of music at a local pub. David Parkin was the first to perform -
Freedom of Information Request Prompts Zombie Attack
18 Jun 2011 26 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, Film, Historical Re-enactment, Society & Culture, theatre Tags: attack, freedom, freedom of information, leicester, undead, zombie
A hoard of zombies recently attacked the offices of Leicester City Council.
Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds
29 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Political Events Tags: ai weiwei, billion, china, corruption, installation, kidnap, london, million, seeds, sunflower, tate modern, weiwei
100 million tiny handmade, hand painted, porcelain sunflower seeds are currently scattered across the barren, concrete floor of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, London, UK.
The Downfall Meme
21 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Comedy, Crime, Political Events Tags: hitler, meme, radiohead
There are probably millions of these Downfall Memes floating around the internet. I’ve wanted to make one for ages – so when the opportunity arose to make one about Radiohead (who I adore) and Hitler (who I don’t adore), I couldn’t resist……..
Leicester Comedy Festival
19 Feb 2011 1 Comment
in Artists, Comedy, theatre Tags: Comedy, leicester, leicester comedy festival, matthew smolka, mime, protoballet, richard peel, werewolf, werewolf island
It’s February? Then it must be time for the Leicester Comedy Festival! Here’s an sample from one of the 350 or so shows taking place –
A Series Of Curious Events
03 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Comedy, Film, Historical Re-enactment, Love, music, nature, Old English Traditions, Political Events, Religion, Society & Culture, Sport, theatre Tags: annual review, anthropology, curiosity, human
In the first year of www.lucypeel.com, a variety of age old traditions, circus shows, conferences, fairs, farming events, festivals, ghost hunts, theatre productions, music concerts, parades, political events, protests, religious gatherings and sports events have been discussed as illustrated in the following short film –
A Conference Named Boring
13 Dec 2010 7 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, theatre Tags: boring, boring 2010, dominion theatre, James Ward, london, Rhodri Marsden, Robin Ince
Inside a mirrored room within the depths of the Dominion Theatre in London, over 200 people gathered to attend the Boring 2010 conference. Paper bags containing the following items were awaiting all the attendees -
The 21 presentations of Boring 2010 were as follows…
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