ARCADE
Photo: Matt Cooper

Love Stories

A digital audio trail in South Cliff Gardens

Real-life love stories connected to the gardens, told by those who experienced them, with orchestral backing and community choir. A romantic promenade of storytelling, music and song.


Summers 2023 & 2024

South Cliff Gardens, Scarborough

Photo: Matt Cooper

About Love Stories

How to Access the Audio Tracks

STREAM FOR FREE

Click the button above or download the Bandcamp app onto your device and search Sinfonia Viva / LOVE STORIES. You can stream the five track album here. (WIFI in the gardens may be patchy).


DOWNLOAD FOR 50p

Download the Bandcamp app onto your device. Create and log in to your account, search Sinfonia Viva / LOVE STORIES, and buy the Digital Album for 50p. It will appear in your Bandcamp Collection where you can download and listen offline (WIFI is patchy in the gardens so we advise this option).  

The Stories

Watch our Love Stories video to learn more about this project. If you would like to read the scripts (spoiler alert), please click on the PDF links below. The map of the trail and gardens is also below.

Between the Esplanade and the Seashore
The Cottage of Love
From Then To Now... A Tale of Transformation
Love Lives Here
A Garden for All Seasons
Map of the gardens

Credits

Composer Jackie Walduck; Associate Artist Rebecca Denniff

​MUSICIANS: Violin: David Greed; Cello: Diane Stewart; Double Bass: Dave Ayre; Flute: Kathy Seabrook; Clarinet: Graham Quilter; Trumpet: Shane Brennan; Keyboard: Paul Laidlaw; Percussion: Ben Gray & Nii Kwartey Owoo; Accordion & Guitar: Theo Kendall

​ACTOR: Tim Tubbs. SCRIPT CONSULTANT: Hannah Davies. SOUND ENGINEER: Sonny Johns. ASSOCIATE ARTIST: Allie Watt. STORYTELLERS & COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE: Whitby Community Choir; Lel Meleyal; Jean Lynne Matthews; David Bestwick; Elaine Brooks; Matthew Davies; Jessica Vautier; Liam Farricker; Selwyn Peterken; Rusty and Ron Jones; Theo Kendall; Oliwia Zalewska ; Aggie Koppert

PRODUCTION TEAM: ARCADE: Executive Producers Sophie Drury-Bradey and Hannah Davies; Orchestras Live – Regional Producer North Becky West. Sinfonia Viva – Deputy Chief Executive Marianne Barrowclough and Creative Project Producer Hattie Coupe


Supporters and Funders

Funded by Orchestras Live, North Yorkshire Council & Arts Council England.

Commissioned by North Yorkshire Council via joint funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Parks for People programme.

Supported by Sinfonia Viva, Scarborough Spa Orchestra, and South Cliff Gardens.