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The Me & You Show

I spent seven weeks running a live talk show inside London’s Hayward Gallery.

Year
2008
Format
Live talk show
My role
Creator and host
Where
Hayward Gallery, London
A live band performs with guitars, double bass, and drums against the talk show’s gold-curtain backdrop.
Live music on the set of The Me & You Show.

The setup

I turned the Hayward Gallery’s Project Space into a working talk-show studio for seven weeks.

The show

Guests, music, interviews, and whoever walked in. We filmed it and broadcast it. Museum visitors could become part of the show.

The finale

VHS cameras. A folding picnic table. A gold mylar backdrop. For the final episode, we dismantled the set while the cameras kept rolling.

Impact

  • Seven weeks of a live talk show inside London's Hayward Gallery
  • Covered by The Independent and Time Out London; The Times listed it among the top five events in London
A packed audience sits and stands close together inside the talk-show studio.
The audience at The Me & You Show.
The Me & You Show broadcast desk, with a video mixer, camera, and monitors showing the live talk show.
The broadcast desk at The Me & You Show, Hayward Gallery, 2008.