The Walk in Reading town centre will come alive next week thanks to Fine Art students from the University of Reading.

Current students and one recently-graduated artist, will be collaborating in a performance exhibition that will occupy empty shop units during the evening of Thursday 2 December.

‘The Show' by the Show Collective will bring together performance, installation, video, sound and smell to playfully investigate the disintegration of once-successful entertainers and washed-up circus performers.

Visitors will be given the chance to explore the live space and see the characters, and the relics of their past, close-up.

Fine Art student Katherine Anderton said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase our work to the local community and bring some sparkle to a currently lifeless part of the town centre.

"Visitors will be captivated by the depressive nostalgia of characters such as the Bearded Showgirl and folk-singing Fortune Teller that are trapped in a time that is hard-to-grasp, and witness how their stories are disjointed yet inter-connected."

The Walk is in Yield Hall Place, Reading and the exhibition takes place between 5pm-8pm on Thursday 2 December.

The Show will become a static exhibition during the week following the 2nd of December.

For more information contact Katherine Anderton, email lvu07kha@reading.ac.uk

Site navigation

• Home
• News
• Business
• Sport
• Entertainment
• Lifestyle
• Jobs
• Property
• Motoring
• Classifieds

• A A