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Open Country: Wintertide in Hartlepool

Wintertide in Hartlepool

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Sally Rodgers of A Man Called Adam celebrates the Wintertide Festival in Hartlepool.

The Wintertide Festival in Hartlepool celebrates the culture of the North East. Sally Rodgers of A Man Called Adam joins the festivities.

Sally Rodgers from electronic musical duo ‘A Man Called Adam’ takes us to the Headland of Hartlepool to explore the landscape, culture and history which has inspired her music. As part of Wintertide Festival, the artists of the area have created installations, art and music inspired by their fishing heritage. We hear about the songs of the ‘gutter girls’ – women who gutted herring along the East Coast – which ‘A Man Called Adam’ have reworked into electronic soundscapes, to be played along the Wintertide Trail. Sally meets the curators and creatives at work transforming the Headland and learns more about how industry and culture here have been shaped by the features of this coastline. As dusk falls, the Headland is lit up as the Wintertide Festival begins.

Produced by Helen Lennard


The Gutter Girls project was commissioned and funded for Wintertide Festival by Tees Valley Festivals Volunteering.

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