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!
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.
A Date With The Deputy Prime Minister – Nick Clegg
02 Apr 2011 8 Comments
in Comedy, Political Events Tags: cinema de lux, condem, election campaign, government, leicester, liberal democrat, nick clegg, Q&A
Campaigning ahead of a local by-election, Nick Clegg recently visited Leicester where residents were ready to give him a warm welcome –
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 –
The Night Sky Was Filled With Fluffy Little Feathers
10 Dec 2010 1 Comment
in Artists, Old English Traditions, Society & Culture, Sport Tags: bonding, fight, flash mob, flashmob, fun, group, leicester, pillow fight
A flashmob recently gathered for a pillow fight –
Diwali – The Festival of Lights
26 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: asian, bonfire night, celebration, diwali, festival of light, festival of lights, fireworks, leicester, photo, video, winter
Leicester consists of a diverse community of 280,000 people. In 2001, people of Asian origin formed the largest single ethnic group in the city, forming 30% of the total population, compared to a national average of 4%. This figure ranks Leicester as having the largest Indian population of any local authority area in England and Wales. For the past 27 years, Leicester has hosted the largest Diwali celebrations west of Mumbai.
The Festival Of Dashera – Victory Of Good Over Evil.
19 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: asian, battle, dashara, dashera, dussehra, dussera, evil, good, hindu, leicester, mysore dasara, religous festival, sikh, spirituality
The Hindu festival of Dashera takes place in October in which 10-headed effigies of King Ravana are set alight to celebrate the victory of good over evil.
Will Young Plays With Some Balls At Welford Road
18 Jul 2010 1 Comment
in Artists, music Tags: balls, concert, film, leicester, music, photos, pop, rugby, tigers, video, welford road, will young
The Leicester Tigers hosted Will Young on Friday 16th July for the second ever concert at their grounds at Welford Road. Some of the entertainment provided by Will was suited to the environment:
Seeking 6 artists to participate in ‘Diary Project’
12 May 2010 Leave a Comment
in Artists, Society & Culture Tags: art, diary, documentary, film, leicester
Lucy Peel seeks six Leicester based artists to interview & film in order to create a video diary from their artistic activities.
Each visit to a location of the artist’s choice would occur within a 2 week window (to give a wide range of possible dates), with 4 weeks of preparation between visits.
There would be 8 visits over a period of 1 year.
In your reply, please describe your artistic practise and explain – in no more than 500 words what you would bring to the project.
lucybiancapeel@hotmail.com
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