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Performed by Leslie Hill, Helen Paris and Lois Weaver
Have you ever been taken unawares by something in the air - transported to another place and time by an intangible but achingly familiar scent? On the Scent explores the elusive connections between smell and memory. The performance takes place in a domestic setting through which four audience members at a time are invited on intimate and aromatic journeys. Scents mingle and intertwine in the living-room, kitchen and bedroom as three distinctly different performers exude haunting, darkly humorous and seductive essences throughout the house.
"...the ordinariness of the domestic setting is transcended and transformed into something quite extraordinary. Well worth a sniff."
The Guardian
This is how I dream it. This is how it feels. And I am not a sailor. I cannot steer a craft. I cannot tie a reef knot. I cannot swim. But still this is how it ends. I am out here with the lost mariners, the castaways, the ship wrecked and the sea swallowed.
the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is the new performance by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris made in collaboration with film-maker Andrew Kötting, composer and sound designer Graeme Miller and performers Claudia Barton and Joseph Young. The piece is about ‘gut feelings’; fight, flight and freeze reactions; impulse, love and undefended moments. Designed for life-raft sized groups of audience members at a time, the performance is set in the belly of a whale.
"There are a thousand beautiful moments: my favourites include a film of a woman floating adrift at sea projected onto a tiny Sealegs packet and a harrowing story of a childhood terrorised by a sword-swallower’s accident. It’s a rich and rewarding experience being immersed in this watery world." Total Theatre
"Film and live performance, soundscape and installation combine in this love story to offer glimpses of an endless horizon as well as intimate close-ups.... There is something immensely wistful about a piece that demonstrates that we are merely chemical compounds, and yet also shows us how to discover equilibrium." The Guardian (4 stars)
"Skillfully blending intimate live action with vintage-looking film and a gorgeously evocative soundtrack, Curious weave together wonderful stories about imperfect characters" Mayfest (5 stars)
The UK tour included: London, Crewe, Glasgow, Liverpool, Cambridge, Lancaster, Bristol, Brighton, Colchester and Exeter.
the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is commissioned by Chelsea Theatre for SACRED 2009, Colchester Arts Centre and New Moves International for The National Review of Live Art 2010. It has been made with the support of a Wellcome Trust Arts Award, the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Brunel University, a residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Hosking Houses Trust and collaboration with scientists at the Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology.
the moment I saw you I knew I could love you, - - Read MoreCurious will run an artist retreat for 13 artists from the Eastern Region in Ipswich 30th July - 1 August. The retreat will combine creative workshops with professional development and regional networking strategies.
Curious Artist Retreat, Ipswich, - - Read More
This is how I dream it. This is how it feels. And I am not a sailor. I cannot steer a craft. I cannot tie a reef knot. I cannot swim. But still, this is how it ends. I am out here with the lost mariners, the castaways, the shipwrecked and the sea-swallowed.
A new performance made in collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Kötting, composer Graeme Miller and performers Claudia Barton and Joseph Young. the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is about gut feelings; impulse, love and undefended moments. The audience is cast adrift with only stories and half- remembered truths to sustain them; huddled snugly together inside salt encrusted life rafts, while performers, soundscapes and fragments of film drift past. The flotsam and jetsam includes memories of the moon landing, a whale who watches jumpers from Beachy Head, and live ultrasound images that are read like tea leaves to reveal past secrets and future hopes.
6pm, 7.10pm, 8.20pm, 9.30pm
the moment I saw you I knew I could love you, Exeter Phoenix - - Buy Tickets - Read More"There are a thousand beautiful moments: my favourites include a film of a woman floating adrift at sea projected onto a tiny Sealegs packet and a harrowing story of a childhood terrorised by a sword-swallower’s accident. It’s a rich and rewarding experience being immersed in this watery world." Total Theatre
"Film and live performance, soundscape and installation combine in this love story to offer glimpses of an endless horizon as well as intimate close-ups.... There is something immensely wistful about a piece that demonstrates that we are merely chemical compounds, and yet also shows us how to discover equilibrium." The Guardian (4 stars)
Performances at @ 6pm, 7.10pm, 8.20pm. Tickets £6/ £3.50 concessions. Colchester Arts Centre box office: 01206 500 900
This is how I dream it. This is how it feels. And I am not a sailor. I cannot steer a craft. I cannot tie a reef knot. I cannot swim. But still, this is how it ends. I am out here with the lost mariners, the castaways, the shipwrecked and the sea-swallowed.
A new performance made in collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Kötting, composer Graeme Miller and performers Claudia Barton and Joseph Young. the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is about gut feelings; impulse, love and undefended moments. The audience is cast adrift with only stories and half- remembered truths to sustain them; huddled snugly together inside salt encrusted life rafts, while performers, soundscapes and fragments of film drift past. The flotsam and jetsam includes memories of the moon landing, a whale who watches jumpers from Beachy Head, and live ultrasound images that are read like tea leaves to reveal past secrets and future hopes.
"There are a thousand beautiful moments: my favourites include a film of a woman floating adrift at sea projected onto a tiny Sealegs packet and a harrowing story of a childhood terrorised by a sword-swallower’s accident. It’s a rich and rewarding experience being immersed in this watery world." Total Theatre
"Film and live performance, soundscape and installation combine in this love story to offer glimpses of an endless horizon as well as intimate close-ups.... There is something immensely wistful about a piece that demonstrates that we are merely chemical compounds, and yet also shows us how to discover equilibrium." The Guardian (4 stars)
the moment i saw you i knew i could love you, Colchester Arts Centre - - Buy Tickets - Read MoreThis is how I dream it. This is how it feels. And I am not a sailor. I cannot steer a craft. I cannot tie a reef knot. I cannot swim. But still, this is how it ends. I am out here with the lost mariners, the castaways, the shipwrecked and the sea-swallowed.
A new performance made in collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Kötting, composer Graeme Miller and performers Claudia Barton and Joseph Young. the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is about gut feelings; impulse, love and undefended moments. The audience is cast adrift with only stories and half- remembered truths to sustain them; huddled snugly together inside salt encrusted life rafts, while performers, soundscapes and fragments of film drift past. The flotsam and jetsam includes memories of the moon landing, a whale who watches jumpers from Beachy Head, and live ultrasound images that are read like tea leaves to reveal past secrets and future hopes.
5pm, 6.10pm, 7.20pm, 8.30pm
the moment I saw you I knew I could love you, The Basement, as part of Brighton Festival - - Buy Tickets - Read More"There are a thousand beautiful moments: my favourites include a film of a woman floating adrift at sea projected onto a tiny Sealegs packet and a harrowing story of a childhood terrorised by a sword-swallower’s accident. It’s a rich and rewarding experience being immersed in this watery world." Total Theatre
"Film and live performance, soundscape and installation combine in this love story to offer glimpses of an endless horizon as well as intimate close-ups.... There is something immensely wistful about a piece that demonstrates that we are merely chemical compounds, and yet also shows us how to discover equilibrium." The Guardian (4 stars)
This is how I dream it. This is how it feels. And I am not a sailor. I cannot steer a craft. I cannot tie a reef knot. I cannot swim. But still, this is how it ends. I am out here with the lost mariners, the castaways, the shipwrecked and the sea-swallowed.
A new performance made in collaboration with filmmaker Andrew Kötting, composer Graeme Miller and performers Claudia Barton and Joseph Young. the moment I saw you I knew I could love you is about gut feelings; impulse, love and undefended moments. The audience is cast adrift with only stories and half- remembered truths to sustain them; huddled snugly together inside salt encrusted life rafts, while performers, soundscapes and fragments of film drift past. The flotsam and jetsam includes memories of the moon landing, a whale who watches jumpers from Beachy Head, and live ultrasound images that are read like tea leaves to reveal past secrets and future hopes.
Saturday 15 @ 6pm, 7.10pm, 8.20pm, 9.30pm
Sunday 16 @ 1.30pm, 2.40pm, 3.50pm, 5pm
the moment i saw you i knew i could love you, Arnolfini, Bristol as part of Mayfest - - Buy Tickets - Read More"There are a thousand beautiful moments: my favourites include a film of a woman floating adrift at sea projected onto a tiny Sealegs packet and a harrowing story of a childhood terrorised by a sword-swallower’s accident. It’s a rich and rewarding experience being immersed in this watery world." Total Theatre
"Film and live performance, soundscape and installation combine in this love story to offer glimpses of an endless horizon as well as intimate close-ups.... There is something immensely wistful about a piece that demonstrates that we are merely chemical compounds, and yet also shows us how to discover equilibrium." The Guardian (4 stars)