Orpheus and Eurydice, one of the greatest of all ancient myths, is about the perils of looking back. At the moment he turns his head to see Eurydice sliding back down to The Underworld, Orpheus is locked forever in limbo - yearning for the past, aspiring to a future that will never be, unable to exist in the present. Don't Look Back website.T053071781Don't Look Back is closely linked to its surroundings. The piece is not only about a journey to the Underworld, but also about the building in which the journey takes place. The project is re-designed for different sites that have their own stories, echoes and architectural features, affecting the form and content of the work. It ahs to be completely re-structured and re-created afresh according to the demands, resources and physical layout of each individual space. Some of the film sequences are also re-made at each locality. Previously, the piece has been performed at Stanmer House, a derelict Georgian manor in Brighton, The State Cinema, a disused Art Deco picture house on the Thames estuary, South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell, the Hazlitt Corn Exchange in Maidstone and Somerset House in London.Company Dreamthinkspeak. | |
| 23 Aug 05 to 27 Aug 05 | The Fringe Office, Edinburgh :: V1059 listing details L589853698 |
T01206726304The performance takes place throughout the building, including rooms, which have been closed to the public for decades, and includes the space underneath the courtyard called 'Dead House'. The audience will be admitted in groups of 3, at five minute intervals. Running time 55 minutes.Company Dreamthinkspeak. Design Naomi Wilkinson. | |
| 28 May 04 to 14 Jun 04 | General, Inner London :: V1231 listing details L850196795 |
T1824707762Co-commissioned by the Gardner Arts Centre. Don't Look Back is a new site-specific piece specially designed for the grand and faded Georgian Manor House at Stanmer Park. In groups of up to three people you are left to find your way through its hauntingly silent hallways and stairwells. Please note: Your journey begins and ends at The Gardner Arts Centre. Time journeys lasting 60 minutes for up to three people will leave The Gardner Arts Centre at 5 minute intervals. Advance booking essential. Not suitable for children.Company Dreamthinkspeak. | |
| 16 Sep 03 to 21 Sep 03 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L1685705 |
| 23 Aug 03 to 25 Aug 03 | Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone :: V683 listing details L1475281891 |
| 3 May 03 to 11 May 03 | Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton :: V653 listing details L586578916 |
