Shaped by Industry, Shared with Pride

Shaped by Industry Toolkit

The Shaped by Industry, Shared with Pride Toolkit shares the learning and experience gained from the Shaped by Industry – Shared with Pride cultural tourism project. The Toolkit aims to support continued interest and innovation in the use of participative theatre to exploit and develop the potential of our underused industrial heritage. An important aim of the Toolkit’s resources are to show how it is possible for heritage sites and tourism businesses to work together, on a participative theatre project, and achieve positive outcomes for both these enterprises.

The Toolkit learning resource is likely to be of interest to:

1. Local heritage sites who would like to be involved in a tourism-heritage initiative using participative theatre
2. Tourism businesses who are interested in developing a partnership with local heritage sites
3. Volunteer groups who want to contribute to a participative theatre project through research or acting.

The Toolkit’s learning resources are available as a series of downloadable resources below:

• Shaped by Industry - Shared with Pride Project Toolkit
  
• Appendix A - An example of a Partnership Agreement for a Participative Theatre Project
   
• Appendix B - Heritage research carried out by Quarto Consultants, used to develop theatre performance storylines for Shaped by Industry
   
• Appendix C - An example of a Health and Safety Risk Assessment for Shaped by Industry
   
• Appendix D - Copies of Big Telly Theatre Company’s scripts for the four Shaped by Industry
   
• Appendix E - Tourism Consultant Portia Wood’s report detailing an Exit Strategy for Heritage and Tourism businesses to work together
   
• Appendix F - External Evaluation of the whole Shaped by Industry Project by Linda Logan
   
• Appendix G- Filmed highlights of the four Shaped by Industry Theatre Performances, with audience comments as subtitles by Matt Curry
   
• Appendix H - Report on Shaped by Industry closing seminar on 26 September 2019 by Ashleigh Kirkpatrick
   
• Appendix I - Presentation by Jonathan Lloyd on the European Route of Industrial Heritage and its links to Shaped by Industry
   
• Appendix J - Report on Shaped by Industry Shared with Pride Creative Workshop
   

Background

The Shaped by Industry, Shared with Pride project was delivered by Mid and East Antrim Museum and Heritage Service as the lead partner acting for Council. Two other partners were involved: creative partner, Big Telly Theatre Company delivered the participative theatre performances at the four industrial heritage sites involved, and Carrickfergus Enterprise was responsible for tourism business engagement.

The Shaped by Industry, Shared with Pride project delivered the following approved purposes between August 2018 and November 2019:

1. Creation of 40 short participative theatre performances, to animate and connect four industrial heritage sites along the Causeway Coastal Route. The four sites are:
   • Whitehead Railway Museum
   • Glenarm village
   • Flame Gasworks museum
   • The Heritage Hub at Carnlough Town Hall and harbour
2. The heritage sites were promoted in alignment with local tourism businesses and acted as natural staging posts by creating a way into these by engaging and repeatable performances. This process was kick started by a Coffee with Colin tourism business engagement session delivered by CEO of Hospitality Ulster, Colin Neil.
3. A closing seminar to share the learning and foster networking was delivered at The Linen Hall Library, Belfast and featured Jonathan Lloyd, UK/Ireland Representative for the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
4. A Shaped by Industry toolkit will be available as a downloadable resource on the Mid and East Antrim Council website and promoted through Carrickfergus Enterprise as a legacy of their Coastal Communities funded East Antrim Coastal Way and Glens Coastal Way projects.