Unheard Voices (upcoming project)
Share Your Memories of Richmond's Music Scene
Did you spend time at Eel Pie Island, the Crawdaddy Club, or around Richmond's music scene? We’d love to hear your stories.
Preface Morn, a disability-led integrated dance theatre company, is creating Voices of Richmond, a new performance celebrating Richmond's musical heritage. As part of the project, we're speaking with local people whose memories, experiences and stories will help shape the work.
We're holding relaxed, informal conversations to collect memories of Richmond's music scene. With your permission, these can be audio recorded, video recorded or simply documented through notes. You can choose to remain anonymous or, if you wish, your voice or video may become part of the final performance.
Whether you have vivid memories of legendary gigs or simply remember what Richmond felt like during that time, we'd love to hear from you.
To find out more or arrange a chat, contact us!
Project X
2025
‘Project X’ is a dance theatre piece, featuring soundscapes and audio description. Choreographed and performed by Niall Cullen and Ella Posti, ‘Project X’ aimed to convey the artists lived experience as a disabled person engaging with the world around them.
Project X’ is currently in the work in progress stage and was recently performed at Poplar Union in May 2025 with discussion and feedback welcomed and encouraged from the audience.
Project X was part of the Artist Archive Film Night on the
31 January 2026 at Siobhan Davies Studios. More details: www.siobhandavies.com
Beauty in Stone
2007-2010
A live art piece, that was shown in multiple forms across the years and performed in venues including The Place, Camden People’s Theatre and Richmix . Using a mixture of live and pre-recorded audio description, live music and dance, ‘Beauty in Stone’ explored themes of body image, nudity and societal beauty standards.
What is it?
2014
‘What is it?’ was a circus inspired dance piece exploring side shows and freakshows from the 19th century to the present day. From the elephant man to Stevie Wonder, the bearded lady to Celeste Dandeker, the piece takes us on a journey through the struggles of disabled performance artists as they explore the history of disability arts. ‘What is it?’ utilised aerial, puppetry and mime and featured our signature mix of live and pre-recorded audio description.
Sound design & music gallery
Music is a big part of Niall’s (artistic director) artistic practise. Here you can find some of the pieces Niall has made recently.
Description: A soothing song combining sounds of running water, human voice and melodic synth
Description: A heavy and fast paced song with heavily distorted electric guitar sound and high pitched synth melody on top
Description: A delicate song with an airy feeling. It is composed of a range of synth sounds and rhythmical clicks.
Description: A breezy and friendly song composed of electronic wind instruments accompanied by a acoustic guitar.
Video description: A still video of an empty grassy field with a path going down the middle and trees in the background. It’s a slightly windy day moving the grass, trees and clouds in the sky.
This Visualiser video contains three tracks made by Niall Cullen
Track 1: Living Inside a Fantasy Game — A song composed of multiple layers of electronic wood instruments. Together, they create a whimsical and mellow sound, reminiscent of a 90s fantasy game soundtrack.
Track 2: The Happiness — A laid-back and gloomy sound created by low- and high-pitched synths, accompanied by a steady electronic beat. The song feels melancholic, yet suggests a sense of things always moving forward.
Track 3: The Opening of a Box — A song composed of synths and the human voice, building from a low rumble into layered textures with a deep, raw voice, creating a sense of awe and revelation.