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EVENT DETAILS

When: 7 - 9pm Thurs 1st July

Where: The Space at St Laurence Church, Ludlow

What: An evening of talks and films, live and live streamed in about the greatest gift we can give our children to help them aim high in life. A chat with Nick Corston Co-founder of STEAM Co. and patron of Ludlow Fringe 21 and a number of very special guests

Tickets: £10, £5 live (£5 online) - limited quantity available, buy here now

Facebook: Like it here on Facebook and be part of the banter

Refreshments will be served and there will be an interval.

Also here on Facebook - please do like and share it.

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Speakers:

The event will include the following speakers Live in the venue (L), Live on a video call (V) or pre-filmed (F)

  • Nick Corston - STEAM Co. and Ludlow Fringe 21 Patron (L)

  • Peter Corston - Nick’s Dad and former councillor (L)

  • Homer Hickam - Author ‘Rocket Boys’ (V)

  • Patrick Otley O’Connor - Super Dad and Head Teacher, Rochdale (V)

For more information about each speaker see below

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Event overview

We've never owed our children so much to give them the best start in life as it's probably never felt more uncertain. 

But where to start. What's the secret. How can we help our Golden Generation catch up? If indeed they need to?

Ludlow Fringe Patron Nick Corston was born and bred in Ludlow and feels blessed with the life he lived there and since and puts a lot of this down to a few simple gifts he was given by his parents, not least his dad.

The gift of a book that Peter Corston, Nick's dad, found in Ludlow Oxfam bookshop five years ago, literally put a rocket booster under his life. (See film below of Nick’s ‘Rocket Kids’ stage show at Camp Bestival))

VIP GUEST

Tonight, the best selling author of that best selling book 'Rocket Boys' and the box office hit 'October Sky', Homer Hickam will join Nick and his dad on stage in a live link from America together with other special guests.

They will discuss what Nick sees as the 'three great gifts' we can give our children - some time, some stories and their art.

We have a number of other guests lined up to join us on the evening live and and via video link.

STEAM Co.

Nick co-founded the non-profit community enterprise STEAM Co. to help connect our kids with their art and our communities with their schools.

This evening of talks, films and other artistic contributions will appeal to all creative carers - people and organisations who care about children, creativity and all our futures.

To that end Nick will launch a £2m fund to put 22 STEAM Co. Drop Trucks and STEAMsters on the road across the UK for their #Festival22 of Creativity.

It will be live and live streamed globally and we really want you to bring your stories as well as share them on social media in advance with the the tag #ARTofDADS #LudlowFringe21.

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#ARTCONNECTS21 AT #LUDLOWFRINGE21

STEAM Co. are delighted that our co-founder Nick Corston has been asked to be #Patron21 for the world renown Ludlow Fringe Festival and be co-curating a programme of live and live streamed #ARTCONNECTS21 events to celebrate, showcase and remind us how our art connects us, whatever it is.

We want everyone to be a part of these events, to bring and share their stories.

Click the image below to see the section from the Ludlow Fringe Programme about this #ArtConnects21 programme