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THE COACH TRIP
All events at the Groundwork Weekender are free to attend and open to all. Certain events are limited capacity and require audiences to reserve a ticket in advance.
If you are planning on visiting more than one artwork, talk, performance over the course of the Groundwork Weekender then join The Coach Trip hosted by artist duo Hunt and Darton for a witty take on the holiday bus tour to experience the adventure of the city.
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Image Credit: Christa Holker
The Coach Trip is a 2-day durational performance by Hunt and Darton taking place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September 2018.
The Coach Trip is a humorous and artistic take on the holiday bus tour in which participants are invited to join artist duo Hunt and Darton on an artistic adventure of the city. The Coach Trip will create a bespoke 2-day journey of Milton Keynes’ heritage, landscape and architecture, taking in the city’s most iconic sites, as well as, its lesser known culturally and historically revered buildings.
This immersive playful roving performance, will also act as a communal mode of transport specifically guiding guests to some of the city’s key heritage hotspots at which they can experience 10 newly commissioned artworks curated by Tracing the Pathway as part of their festival The Groundwork Weekender. The Coach Trip will unify these artworks as a touring cultural event. Part journey, part artwork the trip is for those who wish to hop on board and take part in the wider festival activities.
On The Coach Trip Hunt & Darton will develop the tour’s content in-situ working with the audience to create games and sing-a-longs, conduct interviews with the Groundwork artists, local residents and businesses, developing impromptu interventions and provocations, all interjected with titbits of information, historical facts and local anecdotes.
The Coach Trip is divided into three distinct tours which will begin and end its day at strategically positioned pick-up and drop-off locations: Milton Keynes Arts Centre and The Old Bus Station (a 2 minute walk from MK Central Train Station). The route for each trip will be different but when combined encompass all artists’ projects. So if you intend to see or participate in more than one event or exhibition it is recommended that you book on to all three tours which will guarantee access to view everything the weekender has to offer.
Tour Schedule
Tour 1 = 10:00 - 14:30 on Saturday 15th September
Tour 2 = 14:30 - 21:00 on Saturday 15th September
Tour 3 = 10:00- 17:45 on Sunday 16th September
Download a copy of the Tour Timetable
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Reserve Tickets:
THE COACH TRIP - TOUR #1
Saturday 15th September I 10:00 - 14:30
LIMITED CAPACITY
STARTING POINTS: MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE OR THE OLD BUS STATION
The Coach Trip - Tour #1 will journey around the city and on the way will visit: Hayley Newmans’ Festival of Curves, Detours and Slopes I Entrance to MK Food Fest | Situating the Groundwork: Initiatives, Infrastructures and Interventions symposium: Panel 7
The coach will collect guests from one of two locations:
1. Milton Keynes Arts Centre at 10:00am
- check-in between 9:00-9:45
2. The Old Bus Station at 11:15am - check-in between 10:30-11:00
Don't be late, the bus won't wait!
The journey aspect of Coach Trip - Tour #1 will end at Milton Keynes Arts Centre at 13:00 or The Old Bus Station at 13:15.
Or if you don't want it to end - book your tickets for The Coach Trip - Tour #2 starting at 14.30 (below)*.
Book your seat:
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THE COACH TRIP - TOUR #2
Saturday 15th September I 14:00 - 21:00
LIMITED CAPACITY
STARTING POINTS: MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE OR THE OLD BUS STATION
The Coach Trip - Tour #2 will journey around the city and on the way visit: Open Heritage Days events at Westbury Arts Centre I Laura Cooper’s screening of Softening the Grid I Situating the Groundwork: Initiatives, Infrastructures symposium - panel 8 I a packed dinner on the coach I Aaron James’ performance Topos.
The coach will collect guests from one of two locations:
1. Milton Keynes Central Station at 14:30
2. The Old Bus Station at 15:00
If being collected from The Old Bus Station please arrive and check in between 14:00 and 14:40.
If being collected from Milton Keynes Arts Centre please arrive and check in between 14:45 and 15:00
This ticket only secures a reservation for the bus, if you do not check in within the time slots listed above your seat will be reallocated to those on the waiting list.
Following the performance of Topos MK Gallery and bar will be open until 22:00 however guests needing to return to The Old Bus Station or Milton Keynes Arts Centre, please re-board the coach at 20:45. The coach will head to The Old Bus Station for MK Central Station first (dropping people off for 20:50) and then to Milton Keynes Arts Centre (dropping people off for 21:05)*.
Book your seat:
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THE COACH TRIP - TOUR #3
Sunday 16th September I 10:00 - 17:30
LIMITED CAPACITY
STARTING POINTS: MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE OR THE OLD BUS STATION
The Coach Trip - Tour #3 will journey around the city and on the way visit: Katies Ellen Field's Cover, Attention and Unearth | Priya Chohan-Padia's Connected to Ground | Beatrice Jarvis' This City is a Tree | Situating the Groundwork: Initiatives, Infrastructures and Interventions symposium: Panel 9 | Thomas Cuthbertson's Sculpt and Run | Sapphire Goss' Eternity City | Anna Berry's Manifest Identity | Situating the Groundwork: Initiatives, Infrastructures and Interventions symposium: Panel 10
The coach will collect guests from one of two locations:
1. Milton Keynes Arts Centre at 10:00am
- check-in between 9:00-9:45
2. The Old Bus Station at 10:15am - check-in between 09:30-10:00
Don't be late, the bus won't wait!
The journey aspect of Coach Trip #3 will end at Milton Keynes Arts Centre at 17:30. For those wishing to return to Milton Keynes Central Station the final event of the day ends at The Old Bus Station and is a two minute walk to the entrance of the train station*.
Book your seat:
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The Coach Trip is open to all, free to access. Hunt & Darton (H & D) have teamed up with local bus Bill’s Coach Hire to provide this unique experience of the city. This work has been commissioned by Tracing the Pathway as part of their project Groundwork, a cross-arts platform and research project for and about Milton Keynes. The Coach Trip has received funding from and forms part of Sharing Culture: MK, a collaborative events programme in celebration of our cultural heritage, new town stories and European connections.
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*Guests are welcome to leave The Coach Trip at any point prior to the stated return destinations and times. Please note that leaving the journey early is to be done at your own discretion, if you chose to leave we ask you to inform the bus conductor - this is for health and safety reasons and so that we can offer your space to someone on the waiting list. When you decide to leave you should also be aware that the coach may not be at the destination where you were originally collection from and it will be your responsibility to organise onward or return travel.