Sing Us A Love Song!
A campervan-recording studio will be parked up on Saturday 8 February outside Gloucester Guildhall between 11am-3pm. YOU are invited to pop in and record a love song of your choice. Your song – alongside a few others from the journey - will be used to create a special Valentine’s broadcast, you can choose to have this emailed direct to you (or your nominated loved one!) on Valentine’s day and a chance for it to be played on BBC radio Gloucester’s Breakfast show! You can sing unaccompanied or bring an instrument of your choice. All voices are welcome!
Find the campervan-recording studio on Saturday 8 February outside Gloucester Guildhall to add a love song to the collection! All voices are welcome.
Oh Europa is a labour of love; a project that spans a continent and cuts straight to the heart.
Since 2018, Action Hero (Gemma Paintin & James Stenhouse) have been travelling through Europe in their motorhome, recording strangers singing love songs. Now, they invite you – the people of Gloucester - to add your voice to this extraordinary archive of love songs, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
“It might be the ultimate parting gift. The whole endeavour is a kind of grand improbable act…Action Hero have, in a sense, changed Europe’” -The Independent
“They discovered what connects us with the rest of the continent – and the magic in love songs. A paean to love.” - Positive news
“a kind of sentimental archive of the continent, discovering its intimate connections…a restorative map based on relationships between people, instead of the borders that separate them” - El Pais
“Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse wanted to find something that crossed the divide. It’s a generous piece. There’s something extremely buoyant about such a brief encounter frozen for ever” ★★★★ - Guardian
Credits:
Co-produced with Farnham Maltings (UK). Co-commissioned by Transform (UK) Farnham Maltings (UK) and Matchbox (DE). Supported by Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, European Cultural Foundation and British Council.
Cast and Crew Credits
Created and performed by Gemma Paintin & James Stenhouse
Dramaturgy: David Williams
Graphic Design: Actually Studio & Pirrip press
Sat 8 Feb 2025
Tickets: Free Event
Time: 11am - 3pm