A performance for one actor - and a community - to recreate their own personal history from memory.
Are we shaped by our memories? If you leave your birthplace behind, does that change what you remember? And what happens when you try to revisit those memories, in a new place?
LET YOUR HANDS SING IN THE SILENCE was first presented as part of the 2021 Horizon Showcase and subsequently produced in association with The Marlowe Theatre as part of Refugee Week 2023
In a visual, physical performance that blends documentary theatre with movement and music, a mix of professional and community performers recreate their own personal history from memory, interweaving their stories to create something communal out of what at first seems individual.
We are looking for co-producers and presenters to remount this piece together with local migrant communities in 2025 and beyond. If you are interested, get in touch!
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: Maria Aberg
Set and Costume designer: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Associate set and costume designer: QianEr Jin
Movement director: Ayse Tashkiran
Lighting designer: Cheng Keng
Sound designer: Jovana Backovic
Video designer: Jeffrey Choy
PERFORMERS:
Dorota Wozniak
Fifi Ramadan
Kateryna Levanets
Khalid Ghaith
Olha Smolyk
Robert Lučkay
Thomas Tegento
LET YOUR HANDS SING IN THE SILENCE was first presented as part of the 2021 Horizon Showcase - a vibrant new performance showcase designed to celebrate visionary artists and cultural leaders making work in England. Watch this presentation of our Horizon showcase residency:
THE HORIZON RESIDENCY AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART WAS TECHNICALLY SUPPORTED BY JAMES FROMENT (LIGHTING, PROJECTED VIDEO MIX AND SOUND) AND LYDIA OLIVER (STAGE MANAGER)
LET YOUR HANDS SING IN THE SILENCE was part of WE ARE THE STORIES - a trilogy of work originally developed at The Marlowe Theatre in 2021, exploring the boundaries of co-creation, participation and performance.
All three projects in the trilogy are conceived to be performed by a mix of professional and non-professional performers, and the input of local communities shapes the content and expression of each piece. The three pieces are all structured around a concept which is re-developed in each location it performs, meaning the performances will never be the same twice.
Photos (c) Omri Dagan, Alex Brenner and Jeffrey Choy
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