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THIRST TRAP

November 18, 2024

THIRST TRAP is a sound piece that audiences experience from the comfort of their bathtubs, examining the potential consequences the future might hold if the world’s resources continue to be plundered. Originally conceived during lockdown, […]

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SEEING DOUBLE // K BODY AND MIND

November 15, 2024

Two asian performers stand on an empty stage under unforgiving light. The first woman wears a severe, focussed expression, underscored by her futuristic structured grey top. In the background, the second performer, dressed in matching garb, faces away and reaches above her head.

SEEING DOUBLE is an homage to spooky late-night double features, a cerebral marathon that keeps the audience on edge through vivid surround sound and optical illusion. These two performances are strange sisters that sneak pulpy […]

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De glace (From Ice)

November 13, 2024

A figure wearing a warm coat and a long braid stands in silhouette within a cube of hazy glowing purple light. The atmosphere is cold, as though the cube might be a block of ice.

Step into a surreal, frozen otherworld where time stands still and the bonds of friendship transcend the mortal realm. De glace (From Ice) breathes life into a Nordic literary gem that pierces us with a […]

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SWIM

November 12, 2024

It is 8 kilometres from Güzelçamli, Turkey to the Greek island of Samos, or 160 lengths of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. That’s the distance many must swim in search of asylum in Europe. SWIM is […]

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Sound of the Beast

November 14, 2023

A person half-kneeling with crossed arms while holding a mic. The person is looking up at the light, There is a woman projected behind them.

“I’m not here to tell you how to feel. I’m just here to tell you what happened.”  Urgent, intimate and magnetic, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard gives a performance of profound poetic justice with storytelling, spoken word […]

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LORENZO

November 14, 2023

A man holds a butcher’s knife and long stick as he gazes at the audience.

A life-affirming story about death, conveyed through the popular mediums of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth, circa AD30. In 2020, Ben Target […]

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Dear Laila

November 14, 2023

A woman smiling and curiously sniffing a jar full of herbs. She appears to be looking at an ornate box containing letters, a stack of cards, a small diorama of a building, a tabletop cactus, and a tiny jar.

“Dear Laila, you are five now and have started to ask me where I grew up, and why we can’t go there. This is me trying to give you an answer.” The seeds of this […]

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Inheritances

November 14, 2023

A photo of a man playing the piano. The photo is slightly blurred, the man faces the camera with what appears to be a melancholic expression.

Adam Tendler, one of the most celebrated contemporary pianists in the world, didn’t expect an inheritance from his father. But, when it happened, the gift was as bizarre as it was unexpected: a wad of […]

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