THE ALTERNATIVE SUNDAY SERMON
Wainsgate’s new Alternative Sunday Sermon series invites artists, thinkers and performers to take the mic in place of a traditional sermon. It’s not about preaching – it’s about gathering. A space for ideas, for provocation, for presence.
Each one will be different. We’re figuring it out as we go. But expect something to think about, something to feel, and probably some tea and cake afterwards.
Our un-sermon’s were launched on Sunday 3rd August by artist and performer Sonia Hughes and it was a wonderful, and moving thing.
The next one that will be given by Tim Etchells on Sunday 14th September – followed by tea and cake and a Sunday Session – informal performance in the Sunday School with artists to be announced.
Tim Etchells (born 1962 in the UK) is an acclaimed artist, writer, writer-performer, and the founding artistic director of the experimental theatre company Forced Entertainment, established in Sheffield in 1984. His work blurs boundaries between performance, visual art, installation, text and fiction, and has been exhibited and performed at major international venues, including Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and biennales across Europe and beyond.
Etchells is also a published fiction writer (“Endland,” “The Broken World”), and Professor of Performance & Writing at Lancaster University.
His diverse practice explores language, presence, liveness, and the dynamics of everyday behaviour within theatrical and institutional settings.