The Mill – City of Dreams

The book ‘Joining the ends’ is a creative response to the critically acclaimed site specific theatrical show ‘The Mill – City of Dreams’ produced by Freedom Studios.

‘Joining the ends’ documents the creative process in realising the production and is filled with exhilarating photographs of the final show and the stimuli and musings of the creative team that informed what would become a transformative experience for both audiences and a city alike. ‘Joining the ends’ is testament to the imagination that can transform forgotten spaces in our cityscapes.

” This beautifully presented promenade in a vast Victorian mill building asks, pertinently, where this country is going next.”**** Dominic Cavendish. Daily Telegraph

“Beguiling, powerful, perfect” ***** Nick Ahad, Yorkshire Post

“Yet it is the building itself which proves to be the real star:” **** Alfred Hickling, The Guardian

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‘The Mill – City of Dreams’  was performed 15 times between 29th March and 16th April 2011 to great critical and local acclaim.

“This beautifully presented promenade piece in a vast Victorian mill building asks pertinently, where this country is going next.” Rating ****  Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

‘The Mill – City of Dreams’ was a play about the people of Bradford, their city and the history that has influenced their lives.

Left alone, with the keys to a disused mill, Frank wanders through the empty mill spaces with only his memories and ghosts of the past for company.  In his 65 years, he has seen the mill go from boom to bust.  He has seen his friends disperse and the city change.

Born in Manningham, he went to work in the mill at the age of 14 as a jobber lad.  He worked with people of all communities and generations.  He watched as they struggled and strived, laughed and cried and shared dreams together.

Now, whose dreams will come to fill this once great building?