Project Happiness - Happiness through a lifetime

'Happiness through a lifetime' is a new dance theatre show developed as part of Project Happiness funded by Arts Council England. 'Happiness through a lifetime' is a joyful and nostalgic exploration of how happiness changes and deepens with age, performed and created with an intergenerational cast of professional and non-professional dancers aged 7-75. This show combines contemporary dance, tap, and theatre with original music by Lucy Tapper, a toe tapping exploration of what it means to be happy leaving you laughing, smiling, and reminiscing.

Through Project Happiness we held 50 workshops with over 1000 participants aged 1-100 for local communities within Adur and Arun Council Boroughs to creatively explore 'what makes you happy?' The outcomes from these workshops have been put together to create this show and will be displayed on entrance to the theatre.

Watch the trailer now!
https://youtu.be/1BMwnWB2E30?si=q09Qh3o1MXkIJxr-

Thank you to our workshop partners and participants for being part of Project Happiness:

• Aldingbourne Country Centre
• Angmering School of Dance
• Ayton House Care Home
• Barnham Primary School
• Beehive Care
• Bognor Regis Nursery School
• Chichester Festival Youth Theatre
• Colonnade House
• Creative Heart
• Durrington High School
• Herons Dale Primary School
• Kiddie Capers Childcare (Fishersgate)
• Littlehampton Academy
• Mod Mums
• Northbrook Barn Community Centre
• Penhill Playgroup
• River Beach Primary School
• Shoreham Home Educators (SHE'd)
• Shoreham Preschool
• Sompting Village Primary School
• St Mary's C.E Primary School (Clymping)
• The Angmering School
• The Shoreham Centre
• The Rowans Day Opportunities Centre
• Worthing Festival

Project Happiness is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Credits:
Artistic Director & Choreographer: Lucy Clark
Composer & Musician: Lucy Tapper
Performers: Lucy Clark, Keelie Smith, Kim Mirceta Nash, Daisy Theedom, Felix Buchanan, Kingston Woolmer, Effie Dean, Esther Polden, Vivienne Sole, Nick Pile
Assistant Facilitator: Grace Hughes
Mentors: Andrea Walker and Lily Einhorn
Photographer & videographer: Zsófia Benedek 
Chaperones: Louisa Hughes, Janine Clark, Emily Clover, Mel Harris

Workshop lead: Lucy Clark
Workshop assistant: Lucy Tapper
Workshop support staff: Gemma White, Becky Froggatt, Grace Hughes

Accessibility
Wheelchair seating available on front row.
Seating is tiered with 1 step per row.
Content warning: This show contains light references to grief and loss. May contain lighting that pulses.

Running time: approx 1 hour with no interval