T0942839030A mix of a gig and theatre, The Song Project is a collection of songs by five playwrights exploring the hopes and anxieties of life, performed live by one Europe's most exciting artists, Wende and a company of musicians. From dark, thrashing, furious songs exploring loss of identity, rage, terror and alienation; to joyous and defiant anthems about conquering fear, love, sex, hope and motherhood; each song stands alone in its own world like a first-person confessional revelation. Together the collection journeys through fear, angst and loneliness, to acceptance, hope and joy as one exhilarating song cycle. With words by playwrights E.V. Crowe, Sabrina Mahfouz, Somalia Nonyé Seaton, Stef Smith and Debris Stevenson, The Song Project was conceived by Royal Court associate designer Chloe Lamford and award-winning Dutch singer and composer Wende, in collaboration with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and choreographer Imogen Knight.Producer Royal Court Theatre. Producer Stichting WENDE. | |
| 9 Jun 22 to 18 Jun 22 | Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre, West End :: V411 listing details L01861607987 |
T990697834A collaboration between nine leading artists to create an intimate concert in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. This month, Dutch singer-songwriter Wende and Royal Court Artistic Associate Chloe Lamford invited five Royal Court writers - EV Crowe, Sabrina Mahfouz, Somalia Seaton, Stef Smith and Debris Stevenson - to spend a day together talking. Rage, dancing, sex, DNA, theatre, love, our mothers, hatred, ritual – themes that came up were shaped into stories into lyrics. Wende and Isobel Waller-Bridge locked themselves away with a piano and a laptop turning the lyrics into songs. Chloe and Imogen Knight began to visualise what the performance might be. What they presented to a small room at the end of just one week was phenomenal. Now they'll spend the next few months developing what they have started to culminate in four nights of live music performed by Wende in June. We don't know what this is yet. Join us to experience it.Design Chloe Lamford. Music Wende. Music Isobel Waller-Bridge. Choreographer Imogen Knight. Performer Wende. | |
| 17 Aug 21 to 28 Aug 21 | Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre, West End :: V411 listing details L2036460185 |
| 12 Jun 19 to 15 Jun 19 | Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre, West End :: V411 listing details L01596194852 |
