Photo by Julian Hughes

Initially a solo, spoken word theatre show, ‘The Foundation’ is a miniature webisode series spanning four 10 minute episodes. Utilising autobiography, found text and real stories, The Foundation is a project which explores why we build walls and what stops us from knocking them down. 2019 marked 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yet it seems that societally, we are more fixated than ever about building barriers rather than bridges. This new format for The Foundation was instigated by the continuing challenges presented by COVID-19 and the barriers we’re all facing about how we navigate presenting our art.

The Foundation will premiere daily across the City Takeover, as follows:

Episode 1 - premieres Friday 25th Feb, midday

Episode 2 - premieres Saturday 26th Feb, midday

Episode 3 - premieres Sunday 27th Feb, midday

Episode 4 - premieres Monday 28th Feb, midday

The episodes will premier on UKNA’s YouTube channel, and on our IGTV. Look out for QR code posters around Leicester for snippets and extra content!

Kieran Spiers is a writer and theatre-maker based in Lincoln. He actively produces the Lincoln MashUp and is a former associate artists of New Perspectives. Kieran’s work has been produced at the 10X10 New Writing Festival at Chesil Theatre, shortlisted for the HERE WE GO festival in New York and has been nurtured and developed within the East Midlands.

As a theatre-maker, Kieran is interested in making work that challenges form and that explores the audience-performer relationship. He makes solo work but is actively interested in collaborating on new projects with unique challenges.