31 Jul 2024 St Mary’s Guildhall Open Mic
What a marvellous Medieval inspired Open Mic
at St Mary’s Guildhall
Through 12 Creative Café drop-in workshops members created and performed their Open Mic showcase. They co-created a song about the Guildhall, wrote poems, painted mini stained glass widows, devised drama pieces and one member even wrote their own medieval rap!
Together they created an impressive and varied Open Mic which was enjoyed by a large audience. Several audience members also got involved and performed their own creative work.
“Enjoyed the energy, ideas, positivity, courage, imagination! So wonderful to see everyone performing in such a beautiful historic venue” Audience Feedback
It was exciting to have been inspired by the history and heritage of the building. Thank you to St Mary’s Guildhall, and their wonderful staff for making us so welcome, and the Heritage Lottery for making this possible.

The open mic was out of this world





I felt that you were very accepted



Guildhall Song
co-created by UL Members and Wes
This building has a long history
Built long ago in the 14th century
Rich men, merchants and royalty
Have trod on these stone floors
Built for the guild of St Mary
St Michael and Holy Trinity
When Coventry was a capital city
Many years ago
Chorus
Guild Hall in the heart of the city
Many years of history
Rich and poor, old and new
Side by side like you and me
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Halls and corridors to roam
Built with the bricks of the red sandstone
Dungeons and passages down below
But we don’t know where they go
Antique paintings on the wall
With eyes that follow you down the hall
They’ve all been here, the rich and poor
If only walls could talk
Chorus
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Elephant carvings that look so strange
Gargoyles, green men, bishops and kings
Faces carved in the old kitchen
Like creepy medieval CCTV
Now there’s plasma screen TVs
A gift shop – you can buy a souvenir
A cafe – you can meet a friend for cake
Everything is here!
Chorus






It was interesting and good for my mental health



Photography by Mandip Seehra