Wonderstruck
Written by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley
Music by Boff Whalley
Directed by Sarah Punshon
Artistic Associate Josh Coates
Commissioned by People United and Manchester Museum
And all the wonders in this room connect to me and you.
A song cycle about how the whole history of the universe has led us to this place, now.
Wonderstruck was a large-scale musical intervention in the life of Manchester Museum. Over the course of one weekend, over 120 performers and five separate choirs emerged from the museum's corridors into the light and sang of the connections between the collections and where we stand now.
Here's a blog post written by one of the participants.
Here's an extract from one of the songs.
And here's another.
Written by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley
Music by Boff Whalley
Directed by Sarah Punshon
Artistic Associate Josh Coates
Commissioned by People United and Manchester Museum
And all the wonders in this room connect to me and you.
A song cycle about how the whole history of the universe has led us to this place, now.
Wonderstruck was a large-scale musical intervention in the life of Manchester Museum. Over the course of one weekend, over 120 performers and five separate choirs emerged from the museum's corridors into the light and sang of the connections between the collections and where we stand now.
Here's a blog post written by one of the participants.
Here's an extract from one of the songs.
And here's another.