Experience Bodmin Project – Tempus Fugitives! & Bodmin Time Trail/Laura Frances Martin

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Experience Bodmin Project – Tempus Fugitives! & Bodmin Time Trail/Laura Frances Martin. Events & Experiences (Performance) Dates services required: July 2026 – Oct 2026 Cornwall Council Experience Project is commissioning Laura Frances Martin (of ARTiculate Collective) to develop and deliver Tempus Fugitives! & Bodmin Time Trail, an exciting and ambitious performance of events that can draw visitors to the area as well as appeal to local residents. This project is being led by Laura Frances Martin - a seasoned, experienced arts practitioner-producer and Core ARTiculate artist based in North Cornwall. This project works to celebrate the rich breadth & depth of Bodmin’s unique history and heritage specifically connected with TIME, through a series of exciting short live roving performances that illuminate and travel through the heart of the town. This exciting and innovative live street arts event, performed around the autumn Equinox, will incorporate music, story and characters, and will also benefit from careful planning and multifaceted pre-production processes leading up to the key action, which takes place in and around the streets, buildings and parks of Bodmin town centre, in collaboration with key agencies and organisations including Bodmin Town Council, St Petroc’s Church/Bodmin Way, and IntoBodmin, as well as local heritage partners. The story was initially developed and the idea piloted in spring 2026, and they would like to enable more people to enjoy this unique take on their local heritage and culture by fine-tuning and delivering the event again for greater audience reach. The event will: - Celebrate Bodmin‘s rich heritage and history, bringing to life Cornwall’s unique culture and identity - Appeal to local residents as well as visitors - Amplify and enhance an existing event within Bodmin events calendar - Present a reliable sustainability vision, less reliant on funding - Encourage collaboration and partnership between local partners and organisations Overall, it will support the project’s ambition to: - Revitalise towns and support communities in achieving their local priorities - Work towards a carbon neutral Cornwall by increasing low carbon experiences - Invest in year-round regenerative tourism, embedding resilience and collaboration between the visitor economy and creative/cultural sectors. 1. Background Experience is a Cornwall Council project that encourages a resilient year-round visitor economy. Experience delivers a year-round growth model that increases footfall by creating unique cultural and low carbon experiences. The programme brings together key stakeholders to collaborate and deliver specific aspects of each Cornish town’s ambitions. Experience promotes each destination through an integrated and targeted communication campaign showcasing the unique identity and culture of each place. With capital investment and regeneration as its main catalyst for change, it offers long-lasting tangible benefits to local communities and its residents. The programme has four strands of work: network-building and skills development, development of the visitor destination and its offer, marketing of the destination and evaluation. Experience has been awarded funding from Good Growth (Shared Prosperity Fund) for 2025-26, which is match funded by Cornwall Council’s Town Centre Revitalisation Fund in 2026-27.