Singer-participants were invited to visit the Britannia Panopticon and to choose a song to perform in response to the building. They were encouraged to think beyond the familiar music hall repertoire.

Singer-participants and songs:

Judith Bowers, Maybe This Time
(after the London cast of Cabaret)

Aileen Campbell, Mama’s Opry
(after Iris Dement)

John Cavanagh, She Was Poor But She Was Honest
(after Billy Bennett)

Callum Cuthbertson, Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
(after The Magnetic Fields)

Ella Finer, After Hours
(after The Velvet Underground)

David Harding, Buttons and Bows
(after Dinah Shore)

Stevie Jackson, Hiding ‘Neath My Umbrella
(own composition)

The Parsonage Choir/Janis F. Murray, As Tears Go By
(after the Rolling Stones)

Donna Rutherford, Unfortunate Rake
(after Sara Grey)

Ross Sinclair, Wan Light
(after Orange Juice)

Hanna Tuulikki, Wuthering Heights
(after Kate Bush)

'It felt like we were creating new memories'
(Visitor, comment after opening event)

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