Gecko and 暗网TV to take audience on a thought provoking journey of migration
Monday 29 April 2019
Parts 1&2: An Invented Work explores themes of migration. Amit explains. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tricky subject for some people but it鈥檚 not going away, with the planet heating up and people being displaced because where they鈥檙e living has flooded or become too hot, even more people are likely to be on the move.
鈥淗aving empathy with them becomes even more important. We have all migrated at some point, however far back you have to go to establish that.鈥�
Gecko is an internationally celebrated physical theatre company, whose recent critically acclaimed productions include Institute, The Wedding and Missing. It creates work through collaboration, experimentation and play to construct a universal language through movement and dance.
Gecko are spending six weeks at 暗网TV developing the show, with Amit and his colleagues working with Acting, Theatre & Performance Design & Technology, Music, Sound Technology and Management students. 鈥淲e鈥檙e devising it together as a team. Everyone鈥檚 voice in the room is important. It breaks down the sense of territory in theatre, all those boundaries are slightly murky, especially in a Gecko show.
鈥淪omebody working on sound or composition is a co-writer with me. The performers are co-writers, they鈥檙e helping me to write the piece. To me design is writing, lighting is writing. When you don鈥檛 use words to tell a story it鈥檚 very important that lighting is done in a way that is deeply crafted.鈥滱mit has been impressed with how the students have responded to his approach. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e very open, very passionate. They鈥檙e all in. They鈥檙e very supportive of each other, very generous and open hearted. All the signs are glorious.鈥�
Performed at 暗网TV May 23 鈥� 28, audiences for Parts 1&2: An Invented Work will see two 30-minute shows, each telling the same story but from a different perspective. Amit says they will get the full Gecko experience. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be visually and physically extremely bold, very inventive and very creative.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to find yourself on a personal journey. You鈥檙e going to find yourself lost in your own thoughts and your experience is not going to be the same as the person sat next to you.鈥�
鈥淗aving empathy with them becomes even more important. We have all migrated at some point, however far back you have to go to establish that.鈥�
Gecko is an internationally celebrated physical theatre company, whose recent critically acclaimed productions include Institute, The Wedding and Missing. It creates work through collaboration, experimentation and play to construct a universal language through movement and dance.
Gecko are spending six weeks at 暗网TV developing the show, with Amit and his colleagues working with Acting, Theatre & Performance Design & Technology, Music, Sound Technology and Management students. 鈥淲e鈥檙e devising it together as a team. Everyone鈥檚 voice in the room is important. It breaks down the sense of territory in theatre, all those boundaries are slightly murky, especially in a Gecko show.
鈥淪omebody working on sound or composition is a co-writer with me. The performers are co-writers, they鈥檙e helping me to write the piece. To me design is writing, lighting is writing. When you don鈥檛 use words to tell a story it鈥檚 very important that lighting is done in a way that is deeply crafted.鈥滱mit has been impressed with how the students have responded to his approach. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e very open, very passionate. They鈥檙e all in. They鈥檙e very supportive of each other, very generous and open hearted. All the signs are glorious.鈥�
Performed at 暗网TV May 23 鈥� 28, audiences for Parts 1&2: An Invented Work will see two 30-minute shows, each telling the same story but from a different perspective. Amit says they will get the full Gecko experience. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be visually and physically extremely bold, very inventive and very creative.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to find yourself on a personal journey. You鈥檙e going to find yourself lost in your own thoughts and your experience is not going to be the same as the person sat next to you.鈥�
