Runners Wanted

 On Saturday 1st April I'm making a film. Wanna be in it?

In the film a mixed-ability team of runners will run up High Cup Nick, in the north Pennines. There'll be a game format to the chase up the hill. The film is being shot by the brilliant Bevis Bowden. It'll be an absolute blast.

What's it all about? In Edwardian times, and even now, runners have played 'fox and hounds' type manhunting games in the fells. Academic Jonathan Westaway has written extensively about these, thinking of them (among other things) as rituals of post-imperial anxiety. 'What if', he said to me one day, 'we were to devise a comparable game that got people to engage with anxieties about climate breakdown?'

So that's what our game will aim to do. We'll have some fun running up and down the hill. We'll also play out a scenario that pushes us into confrontation with the consequences of man-made climate change. Fun, and meaning.

The finished film will be shot to very high standards, and beautifully scored. We intend to enter it into festivals such as Kendal. For examples of two other (very different) films I've made with Bevis in the past, see below.

We'll gather in the morning of Saturday 1st, to film through the day. It being film-making, there'll be a certain amount of stopping and starting and retaking, and an inevitable amount of waiting around in the cold. We will look after you, though! We'll confirm exact times with people as they express interest, but we anticipate needing people roughly 10-5. More on the details of this, and what to bring and wear, to follow for those who express an interest.

We can cover people's travel expenses and will also provide some food.

To express an interest, send me an email.