Dazzle Ship Series
Tauba Auerbach / Ciara Phillips / Peter Blake / Tobias Rehberger / Carlos Cruz-diez FreeThese brightly coloured boats pay homage to the hundreds of ships that were ‘dazzled’ during the First World War.
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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, HOLLY FULTON, ROKSANDA, J JS LEE, EMILIA WICKSTEAD, SADIE WILLIAMS, SHOWSTUDIO, LUKE SNELLINFashion & Freedom
Burton-on-TrentThe huge wartime changes in women’s lives and responsibilities inspired this innovative exhibition, which re-examined the conflict’s fashion legacy for the 21st century.
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Bob StanleyAsunder
SUNDERLAND, LONDONFeaturing a film by Esther Johnson and a soundtrack by Field Music and Warm Digits, Asunder examined the Battle of the Somme through the prism of a single city – Sunderland.
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JEREMY DELLERwe’re here because we’re here
With Rufus Norris UK-WIDEMore than 1,400 volunteers dressed in wartime uniform appeared unannounced across the UK for this extraordinary living memorial to the Battle of the Somme.
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IMRAN QURESHIGarden Within a Garden
Free BRADFORDA poignant outdoor artwork inspired by the often brutal experiences endured by Sikh, Muslim and Hindu soldiers from the British Raj on the Western Front.
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REBECCA WARRENThe Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics
Free LEEDSThis ambitious exhibition used objects, photography and sculpture to consider how the war changed the way we think about the human body.
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MARK ANDERSONFurious Folly
OXFORD / BIRMINGHAM / STOCKTON-ON-TEES / WEYMOUTHInspired by Dadaism, this extraordinary open-air production immerses the audience in a collage of sound, kinetic devices, pyrotechnics and performance.
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ANNE TALLENTIREShelter
Free DERRY-LONDONDERRY / BELFAST / LIMERICKThis new work from the leading Irish artist took inspiration from the Nissen hut, the prefab structure invented in 1916 by Major Peter Norman Nissen.
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Yinka Shonibare CBEEnd of Empire
Free MARGATEThe Turner Prize-nominated artist explored how wartime alliances changed British society – and how they continue to have an impact on our world today.
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DAVID LANGMemorial Ground
THE EAST NEUK OF FIFE / UK-WIDEA major choral work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, made freely available to choirs and singing groups all over the UK.
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DAVE MCKEANBlack Dog - The Dreams of Paul Nash
RUGBYInspired by the haunting works of the British surrealist painter, McKean’s major new book launched with a series of multimedia performances.
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Taylor Mac24-Decade History of Popular Music: The WW1 Years And More
BELFASTThe flamboyant New Yorker brought his epic project to the Belfast International Arts Festival for three unforgettable concerts.
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FEARGHUS Ó CONCHÚIRThe Casement Project
LONDON / DUBLIN / BELFASTA performance, a dance festival, a film and an academic symposium marked 100 years since Roger Casement – British knight, Irish rebel – was hanged for treason.
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Simon ArmitageStill
NORWICHCreated to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, a series of poems both inspired by and presented with six haunting aerial and reconnaissance wartime images.
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Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jackie Kay, Bill Manhire, Paul Muldoon and Daljit Nagra Fierce Light
NORWICHLeading poets from countries that participated in the war contributed to this wide-reaching project, presented at live events, galleries, on BBC radio and online.
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Welsh National OperaIn Parenthesis
WALES MILLENIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF, BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME & ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDONDavid Pountney directed the premiere of Iain Bell’s powerful opera, adapted from an epic poem by writer, artist and infantryman David Jones.
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Africa Express presents...The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians
Damon Albarn And Guests SOUTHBANK CENTRE, GLASTONBURY FESTIVALDamon Albarn and Paul Weller were among the guests at this celebration of Syrian music and culture, marking the centenary of the wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement.
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A CREATIVE, COLLECTIVE ACT COMMEMORATING THE SOMMESOMME 100 MANCHESTER
Free MANCHESTERA century after it served as a training ground for soldiers heading to war, Manchester’s Heaton Park hosted a major cultural event commemorating the Battle of the Somme.
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GRAHAM FAGEN, PADDY BLOOMER, COLM CLARKE, GARETH MOORE, SARA MORRISON, MHAIRI SUTHERLAND, PHILIP HESSIONRadio Relay, Past Frequencies - Live Transmissions
Free BELFASTWith public participation at its heart, this nationwide project was inspired by the importance of radio in the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme.
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NUTKHUTDr Blighty
Free BRIGHTONSeen by 50,000 people in the Royal Pavilion Gardens, Dr Blighty brought to life the experiences of injured Indian soldiers sent to recuperate in Brighton during the war.
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The 306: Dawn
DALCRUE FARM, NEAR PITCAIRNGREEN, PERTHThe first part of this moving musical-theatre trilogy introduced the stories of three soldiers convicted of mutiny, desertion and other military offences.
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Directed by Katie MitchellThe Forbidden Zone
Presented By The Barbican And 14-18 Now BARBICAN THEATRE, LONDONThe British director brought together texts by writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf and Hannah Arendt in this haunting multimedia stage work.
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GERALDINE PILGRIMFlight
LAKE DISTRICTThe rich aviation history of Cumbria lay at the heart of Flight, which featured both performances and an innovative installation trail.
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Incredible Journeys
OXFORD, LINCOLNSix new stories for children and families inspired by the First World War – but with animals, both real and imagined, at their heart.
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CHARLOTTE BRAY, GARY CARPENTER, VASSOS NICOLAOU, STEINGRÍMUR ROHLOFFAldeburgh Festival
SUFFOLKA series of four concerts combining world premieres with works written during the First World War by composers such as Debussy and Scriabin.
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Chloe Dewe Mathews Shot at Dawn
TOURINGAn immensely moving book and photography exhibition showing the sites where Allied troops were executed for desertion during the war.
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SUSAN PHILIPSZWar Damaged Musical Instruments
Free TATE BRITAIN, LONDONInstruments disfigured during conflict were reanimated to perform a haunting, disjointed rendition of The Last Post in this Tate Britain installation.
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