Down/Out

T1201825152
Down/Out reacts to the netherworld of tramping and poverty evoked in George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London and Jack London's People of the Abyss. The production considers the ethics and accuracy of these famous accounts of homelessness by interspersing quotation from these and other works with contemporary testimony of real homelessness by the cast. Video clips and projected photographs further explore themes of exploitation and further question the nature of artistic voyeurism.

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Production details

This ensemble production features 25 homeless and former homeless participants from Cardboard Citizens Performing Arts Workshops. A live and recorded soundtrack is provided by the company’s New Music Ensemble as well the Cardboard Citizens Singing Group.