FRONTLINEdance presents: UPROOT!

Join FRONTLINEdance’s vibrant cast of eighteen community and professional performers for ‘Uproot’. Inspired to capture, unearth and explore through movement Stoke-on-Trent’s Living Heritage Trail, this performance will make you connect and reimagine. Performed to a varied soundtrack, including Northern Soul Music, this sensitive work will make you think, smile and connect. Expect a journey of unearthing the past and forming a new shared identity, redefining a place where we call home.

Uproot is co-created with FRONTLINEdance's Artistic Director and the cast.

When: Thursday 28th August 2025

Join us at either 3pm or 7pm

Matinee: 3pm Perfomance - Starting at Spode Rose Gardens promenade to The Train Station and ending at Cauldon Park.

Evening: 7pm Performance - Starting at Cauldon Park promenade to The Train Station and ending at Spode Rose Gardens.

Access: Both performances will be BSL interpreted and be Audio Described - (limited to 10 headsets), relaxed seating and many of the team sign Makaton.

COST: FREE - Cash donations will be welcomed on the day.

Unsure about the route, here it is as part of our access guide: https://youtu.be/Y6k0HNXEWOo?feature=shared

If you are visually impaired, listen to Louise Stones with two volunteers from Staffordshire Sight Loss, who have visually described the route for you to listen to: https://on.soundcloud.com/CC8ejXM7o4oVjXaSlw

Please note that all the roadworks around the train station and up to Cauldon Park are no longer there. Pavements are smooth, wide, with no trip hazards and with drop-down curbs.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The performance involves promenading for just under a mile.

3pm, the route incorporates some uphill climbs. 7pm, the promenade is mostly downhill.

If this is something that would exclude you from attending, please get in touch. We can organise transport between Spode Gardens, The Train Station & Cauldon Park.

Please bring a bottle of water, wear appropriate footwear and comfortable clothing.

For more information, please contact: hello@frontlinedance.co.uk | 07356 072991

Uproot is co-created with FRONTLINEdance's Artistic Director and the cast. FRONTLINEdance is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England. This work is part of the Stoke-on-Trent 100: Centenary Heritage Festival Project, funded by The National Heritage Lottery, and is supported by the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.