Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th May 2013
Two days of ambitious, lesser-known theatre at the renowned HighTide Festival Theatre in Halesworth, Suffolk.
A company of 54 young and dynamic artists, ranging from playwrights and actors to composers and dancers, collaborate to create an eclectic programme of 5 exciting shows to tantalise your senses.
Adapted by Steffan Donnelly from a translation by David Short
The première of Gabriela Preissová’s Czech masterpiece, later forming the basis for JB Foerster’s famous opera, Eva, in its first ever English translation.
Written in 1890, this epic drama charts impoverished seamstress Eva's downfall. Eva's expectations are put to the test as the limitations of love become clear. The claustrophobic class hierarchies, prejudices and gossip of a small village are dissected in this moving tale of sacrifice, loss and hope.
Directed by Cheek By Jowl associate Owen Horsley, this is a script-in-hand performance by Invertigo Take-Over's ensemble, featuring live music and dance.Louise Torres-Ryan
Patrick Osbourne
Tommy McDonnell
Calum Finlay
Aysha Kala
Eloise Secker
Peta Cornish
Sophie Colquhoun
Dafydd Llyr Thomas
Henry Gilbert
Rachel Finnegan
Katherine Rose Morley
Dan Maclane
Jessica Hayles
An exciting evening of new writing featuring 5 brilliant new short plays each influenced by one of the 5 human senses. Written by a team of 5 award winning playwrights, directed by 5 of the finest young directors in the country and acted by an ensemble of 14 of most dynamic and stimulating young actors in the game today, this promises to be an evening to remember.
Director – Andy Whyment
Writer – Alli Smith
Actors – Louise Torres-Ryan, Patrick Osbourne, Tommy McDonnell
Director – Anthony Lau
Writer – Jane Wainwright
Actors – Calum Finlay, Aysha Kala
Director – Bethan Dear
Writer – Tom Morton Smith
Actors – Eloise Secker, Peta Cornish, Sophie Colquhun, Dafydd Llyr Thomas
Director – Dan Pick
Writer – Cordelia Lynn
Actors – Henry Gilbert, Katherine Rose Morley, Rachel Finnegan
Director – Ola Ince
Writer – Louise Monaghan
Actors – Dan Maclane, Jessica Hayles
A play in three courses.
Join 70s cook show host Greta Bretagne on a culinary journey through a menu of current affairs.
Bite into the high-pressured world of gastropolitics!
Do the events leave a bitter or sweet aftertaste?
Directed by Caroline Hobkinson
Music by Tom Recknell
Jennifer Greenwood
Kevin Phelan
Danielle Munday
Katharine Drury
Critically acclaimed company Sounding Motion fuse live music and dance to celebrate Suffolk’s vast musical heritage in a uniquely intimate performance.
Resident composer Benjamin Graves has created two works alongside choreographers Imogen Bland and Jocelyn Todd.
Through a satirical exploration of British folksong, Graves and Bland have created Perfect Straits, an exposé of contemporary British culture from Jeremy Kyle to drinking tea.
Graves’ and Todd’s new work focuses on the movements made by the musicians as they perform, transforming them into facets of the imagination.
Music – Benjamin Graves
Choreography – Jocelyn Todd
Viola – Stephen Upshaw
Percussion – Calie Houg
Dance – Jocelyn Todd
Music – Thierry de Mey
Choreography – Imogen Bland
Percussion – Calie Hough
Dance – Imogen Bland
Music – Tigran Mansurian
Choreography – Imogen Bland
Viola – Stephen Upshaw
Percussion – Calie Hough
Dance – Imogen Bland, Jessica Hatfield
Music – Benjamin Graves
Choreography – Imogen Bland
Viola – Stephen Upshaw
Percussion – Calie Hough
Dance – Imogen Bland, Jessica Hatfield
A work-in-progress presentation of a play by Ben Norton Davies
"It’s a sign. I’m a marked man…"
After a peaceful protest spills over into bloody riot, Gil Vickers finds himself cast as poster child for the revolution. Have the masses found their leader, and are the mysterious stigmatic marks on his hands a sign of a higher power? Or are they simply the injuries of an opportunistic thug?
With the help of his comrades, Pete and Radge, Gil must escape the city; but he is a marked man in more ways than one – with mysterious forces on his tail, set on retribution, can Gil keep himself and the face of the revolution alive?
A Marked Man gives us a rebel without a cause. A play about actions and responsibilities, it challenges us to place ourselves within the bigger picture, and asks how far we are prepared to fight for our beliefs in a world where everyone has their price.
Directed by Daniel Raggett
Tim Bowie
Tom Clegg
Sion Alun Davies
Paapa Essiedu
Nicholas Kendrick
Transferring from the critically-acclaimed HighTide Festival
Pleasance Islington, Sunday 14th July, 3pm
After our insanely ambitious take over of the critically-acclaimed HighTide Festival Theatre in May, we are delighted to be able to bring one of our five shows to audiences in London.
Senses is transferring to the Pleasance Islington for one afternoon only!The five short plays by award-winning writers are inspired by the human senses, and also features acoustic music from up-and-coming band Montezuma – you will not want to miss out!
Make the most of your Sunday afternoon and join Invertigo to experience some explosive new writing!
