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MAW LARP Event: Becoming Boro with Furtherfields

Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2021

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Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 01:30 pm

2 hours

Middlesbrough Town Hall

Free Tickets Available

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Date & Location

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm (GMT+01:00)

Middlesbrough Town Hall

Albert Road, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

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MAW LARP Event: Becoming Boro with Furtherfields
'Becoming Boro' live action role playing experience will explore a Middlesbrough of the Future

About this Event

What does the future of Middlesbrough look like - and what part will you play in shaping it?

Becoming ‘Boro is an immersive, people-powered live action role-play (LARP) inviting you to step into a future Middlesbrough and explore how our town’s identity could change in years to come.

Through collaborative storytelling, interactive objects, and time-travelling play, you’ll be part of an intimate, game-like experience where your memories, imagination, and ideas help shape the journey.

Expect to be challenged, surprised, and inspired as we explore themes of:

  • Middlesbrough’s industrial legacy
  • Our changing environment
  • Political and social transformation

    This isn’t theatre. It isn’t a lecture. It’s a chance to co-create new possibilities, together.

    No experience required, just bring your curiosity, openness, and a willingness to play.


What to Expect
  • Immersive storytelling rooted in local history, present-day tensions, and future visions.
  • A small-scale interactive experience designed for 15–20 participants per session.
  • Power objects that spark imagination, shift perspectives, and enable “time travel.”
  • A chance to rehearse new ways of thinking, relating, and imagining Middlesbrough’s future.


About the Creators
Becoming ‘Boro is developed by Furtherfield, an award-winning London-based arts collective known for creating playful, participatory experiences, and artist Cecilia Wee, in collaboration with Middlesbrough artists, residents, community organisers, and civic partners.

This project is presented as part of Middlesbrough Art Week (MAW), the North East’s largest contemporary arts festival and supported by Borderlands, a creative engagement programme amplifying local voices and stories.

Funded by Borderlands Creative People & Places, The CPP Programme for Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Funded by the Arts Council England
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Running from 26 September to 5 October 2025, MAW is a 10-day festival of exhibitions, performances, screenings, talks, and public artworks that reimagine Middlesbrough’s past, present, and future through creativity. Learn more: https://middlesbroughartweek.com


If you have any specific access requirements, please contact: dGhlYXV4aWxpYXJ5IHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=

Please arrive 15 minutes before the event starts


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Follow the Project

Furtherfield → https://www.furtherfield.org Borderlands Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/borderlands_cpp/ Borderlands Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/BorderlandsCPP Borderlands YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BorderLands123


Also check out other Arts events in Middlesbrough, Festivals in Middlesbrough, Exhibitions in Middlesbrough.

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Ticket Info

Tickets for MAW LARP Event: Becoming Boro with Furtherfields can be booked here.

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Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
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MAW LARP Event: Becoming Boro with Furtherfields | Event in Middlesbrough | AllEvents
MAW LARP Event: Becoming Boro with Furtherfields
Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Free