On 9 August, we – the British Library, with their local ‘Get Creative’ youth art club, and other partners (listed below) – held an amazing free ‘Fantasy Feast’ event at the Hillside Centre in Beeston.
Dozens of local families joined us, to explore a magical world of food inspired by children’s books like Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter.
Everyone got to try activities like making weird tea, sculpting out of mushed-up old books, and cake decoration – and some of us performed in a show, with funny walkabout characters including Artificial Intelligence food beings and crazy scientists (pictured).
Some of the young people walked around with remote controls, which they used to control people in the audience. It was epic.
And there was free ice cream too!
We worked together on this over several months, and it was brilliant seeing so many people join us.
Event partners included: drama facilitator Pavla Beier; costume designer Emma Williamson; artist Laura Mabbutt; St Luke’s Primary School; the SHINE youth group; artist Matilya Njau, and the SEVA Food Kitchen; and students from Elliott Hudson College.
To find out more about the British Library’s local community programme, including their Get Creative art club, visit www.bl.uk, or email leedspresence@bl.uk.
This post was written by Emily Carlisle and Jodie Russo-Red
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