The Big Sing! The Songs That Take You Home

Nancy Medina invites Bristol to join together for community choir day inspired by CHOIR BOY production. Bristol Old Vic's Artistic Director Nancy Medina is inviting people from across the city to gather together for a free day of workshops and song on Sunday 1 October.

Inspired by Nancy's first production, Choir Boy, the theatre aims to pull together a 200-strong choir to blow the roof off the theatre, singing songs from the show at the end of the day-long event.  

For those with a passion for singing, and those who want to move on from singing in the shower, everyone is invited to join in with The Big Sing.

Led by Choir Boy's musical director, Femi Temowo, the day will include guest performances by local choirs, workshops led by local voice specialists, and presentations by national experts. The day will explore the powerful ways singing can bring people together, create joy and nourish the soul.

In Bristol there are over 100 choirs currently running - which is a huge number for a city of this size. Everything from Barbershop to Blues - and people join in for a variety of reasons; the extraordinary health benefits, the connection to others, a love of the music or the joy felt when you join your voice together with hundreds more. 

Nancy Medina said: "Music and its power to move us is universal - it crosses communities, continents and generations - and the joy it creates is infectious. Choir Boy is full of music and shows how it can bring people together - no matter what their different outlooks. Collective singing helps us share our stories with each other, it helps us feel part of something powerful and larger than ourselves and it's in the DNA of Bristol." 

"When I announced my first season, I invited everyone to share in a joyful celebration of our differences and our similarities, and what better way to begin, than through a mass singing event which starts things off with a bang - I know we can blow the roof off this place!"