Before the Wall
(originally named Indefinite. Leave.)
commissioned for Migration Matters Festival 2017
Previous performance:
22nd June 2017, Moor Theatre Delicatessen as part of Migration Matters Festival
conception/design/direction: Mengting Zhuo
performance: Mengting Zhuo & Helen Watkins
outside eyes: Shir Freibach, Anthi Kougia, Anni Wang
original sound design: Hugh Aynsley
voice samples: Mike Brent, Georgia Green, Elyce Dowell, Ged Flood
special thanks: Rachael Champion, Nao Nagai, Simon Vicenzi, Qingzi Huang, Joe Fairweather-Hole, Patrick Furness
(originally named Indefinite. Leave.)
commissioned for Migration Matters Festival 2017
Previous performance:
22nd June 2017, Moor Theatre Delicatessen as part of Migration Matters Festival
conception/design/direction: Mengting Zhuo
performance: Mengting Zhuo & Helen Watkins
outside eyes: Shir Freibach, Anthi Kougia, Anni Wang
original sound design: Hugh Aynsley
voice samples: Mike Brent, Georgia Green, Elyce Dowell, Ged Flood
special thanks: Rachael Champion, Nao Nagai, Simon Vicenzi, Qingzi Huang, Joe Fairweather-Hole, Patrick Furness
Two strangers stand before an invisible wall.
A semi-autobiographical performance with striking visual design and Kafkaesque ambience as in The Trial. Who is allowed to cross the border? Who is actually trapped? Is it all of us?
(The premiere of this piece in 2016, coincidentally, was that date of the EU referendum vote. Things become topical before you could expect it.)