2Tone Taxi

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• About

  Find out more about 2Tone Taxi - the ultimate Coventry cab.

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• Phil the Cabbie

  What’s it like to be a Coventry cabbie? We put Phil to the test.

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• 5 of Coventry's music classics

  Local musicians celebrate Coventry music as part of the 2Tone Taxi project.

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• Special Of The Day

  Nominations of your Coventry specials - people, places and hidden gems.

  • Hear what people are suggesting

  

• 2 Tone Taxi Tours

  A tiny insight into the 2Tone Taxi Tour experience and the reaction it got.

  Duration: 1:11

• BBC Director General Tony Hall talking about his journey in the 2Tone Taxi

  BBC Director General Tony Hall talking about his journey in the 2Tone Taxi.

  Duration: 0:48

• The Coventry cab

  Meet the ultimate Coventry cab that tells the story of our city.

  Duration: 2:11

• 2Tone Taxi Tours: The story of Coventry, its stories, its people.

  Theatre Absolute told us what you can expect if you step inside our 2Tone Taxi Tours.

  Duration: 4:24
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• The 2Tone Taxi rides again!

• The reveal event

• 2Tone Taxi photos

• The artwork on our Coventry Cab, inspired by your suggestions, created by artist Ian Cook.
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• 2Tone Taxi Tour Team

  The 2Tone Taxi cab and tour has been devised by BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.  We have commissioned the artwork created by Ian Cook from PopBangColour and worked alongside to create the experience in the back of the taxi with Theatre Absolute. 

  The audio has been curated and gathered from BBC archives and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire workshops during the 2Tone Taxi project. 

  Your guide: Paul Nolan 

  Paul is an actor, theatre director and writer based in Coventry.   He was a director and actor with the award winning Tic Toc Theatre Company and appeared in all of their national and community touring productions including the Fringe First winning play Hooligans which was transferred to the Donmar Warehouse and later filmed for television.  He appeared in the 2004 BAFTA Winning short film Brown Paper Bag by Geoff Thomson.  He went to to form The Cheeky Chappies with his co-writer and collaborator Robert Wilkinson. Works including: The Tale of Tommy Atkins, The Cheeky Chappies Coventry Caper, The Cheeky Chappies and was given a writing commission from the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; The Cheeky Chappies Christmas Cracker; The New and Improved Cheeky Chappies Christmas Cracker. 

  Paul has worked with many other companies including Theatre Absolute as part of the creative team for Zero by Chris O'Connell, Ego Perf. Co, Talking Birds, Birmingham Rep, and has directed Tom Murphy's Whistle in the Dark for The Albany Theatre. His new play The Window is in pre-production at the moment. He’s really looking forward to working with Theatre Absolute and the BBC on this very exciting and unique 2Tone Taxi Tour - straight on driver!

  Your driver: Faisal Riaz 

  Faisal has been a Coventry Cabbie for 17 years. He is very much looking forward to taking people on tours of the city and experiencing something totally different. 

  BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's 2Tone Taxi project has been supported by the BBC's Creative Kicker. 2Tone Taxi Tours are supported by Coventry City of Culture Trust and the Cultural Destinations programme funded by Arts Council England.

   

  

• Creating the 'Specials'

  BBC Coventry & Warwickshire is attempting to create the ultimate Coventry cab. We've been asking for your 'Coventry Specials', the special places, people or hidden gems.  

  Some of the 'specials' are being turned into works of art. Created by (and sometimes with) Ian Cook from PopBangColour.  Ian is an artist who has replaced paintbrushes with toy cars and wheels. His unusual work has taken him all over the world to create striking works of art created in his unique way, landing him a Guinness World Record title in the process.  

  Ian recently moved to Coventry to live and work and is enjoying finding out more about the city he now calls home on this 2Tone Taxi journey.  By using toy cars, remote control cars and wheels, Ian has already created some of Coventry’s iconic places to take their place on our 2Tone Taxi.  He’s also worked with groups and individuals to turn some of their suggestions to art.  All of the works of art will be put together and put on one working iconic London Black taxi. 

  

• 2Tone Taxi Tours

  Inspired by the stories, places and people who we’ve been told about, our newly wrapped London cab will take people on 2Tone Taxi Tours of Coventry. 
  
  Our 2Tone Taxi tours are designed by the people who know here, live here and love here.

  Brought to life by recordings from BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Theatre Absolute will help create an immersive experience where visitors will enter the taxi and be driven around a special and interactive route around the city. The tours will run for a limited period. Tickets will be free but must be booked in advance.