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The life and death of BIRD. Human flesh is transmuted into the form of a bird as vocalisations and birdsong are electronically transformed. The birds’ natural world is brought into the theatre, creating a post-shamanic work uniting comedy, ritual, and song.

As the performer is changed through transcendental (voice) techniques, in a quest for birdhood, they use the time...


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Two childhood friends reunite after years in extraordinary circumstances. Both were taken into the army, and now Birdy is in a psychiatric hospital with a vague diagnosis. Al tries to help his friend, realising that Birdy’s youthful fascination with birds has become dangerous, and he cannot communicate with him anymore. What are Birdy’s extraordinary visions and unpredictable...


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Genesis

In April 2012, the SANDMAN – a horror operetta based on ETA Hoffman’s short story – was performed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, directed by Stuart Barker. Whilst collaborating on this project, Samantha (words), Daniel (sound), Osnat (production) and Na’ama (music) found that there was a lot more to Hoffman’s dark text than could b...


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An adaptation of ‘Journey to the West’ by Wu Cheng’en, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Rooted in Chinese folk religion, mythology, and Confucianist, Taoist and Buddhist philosophies, this opera opens a new window on the novel. This short opera, which is considered a “prologue” of the whole work, shows one of its most iconic moments as Buddha talk...


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