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Public Record

Concept by Dan Canham and Emily Lim
Music by Ross Millard
Words by Stewart Pringle
Co-produced with Sunderland Culture and Sunderland Empire

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Booking and details

25 — 27 April 2025

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The event location is

The Fire Station

The Fire Station, Sunderland SR1 3HA

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Public booking opens at 10am on Friday 13 December
All tickets on sale via The Fire Station

We’re here to make a record.
It’s going to sound like this city.
It’s going to sound like us.
And it’s going to last forever.

A community comes together to record an album. To make a record of who they are, what they’re about, where they’ve come from and where they want to go.

It’s about life and loss, memory and love, the things we choose to remember, the ways we choose to let go.

There will be music and dancing, karaoke and DJs, a knockout house band and a massive disco ball.

This is Sunderland writing its own history. It’s a celebration of everything we are. And everyone’s invited.

Featuring music from The Futureheads’ Ross Millard, an incredible line up of local legends from Sunderland’s music scene, professional dancers and community groups, this explosive new show from Public Acts brings together a cast of over a hundred people of all ages to lift the roof off The Fire Station with the sound of Sunderland.

Suitability

Family friendly

Cast includes

Rob Anderson

Rosie Macari

Michaela Wate

Production team

Director

Emily Lim

Co-Director and Choreographer

Dan Canham

Composer and Musical Director

Ross Millard

Designer

Hannah Sibai

Associate Director

Luca Rutherford

Associate Choreographer

Alicia Meehan

Lighting Designer

Nao Nagai

Sound Designer

Jeremy Bradfield

Choir Leader

Eleanor Mooney

Costume Supervisor

Emily Baxendale

Tickets

Evening and matinee performances:
Tickets from £10, available from The Fire Station (link opens a new tab).

Supporters

Public Acts is supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The CareTech Charitable Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Mosawi Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and Susan Miller & Byron Grote.