Lizzi Kew Ross - Without Warning
Laban Theatre and Lizzi Kew Ross present
Without Warning
Inspired by Brian Keenan’s memoir An Evil Cradling ; a dance theatre performance in the depths of The Old Vic Tunnels , Leake Street entrance, London SE1 8SW
An Evil Cradling, Brian Keenan’s compelling account of his four and a half years in captivity, inspires choreographer Lizzi Kew Ross’ new work Without Warning and its heart-stopping peepshow depictions of enclosure and cruelty, humour and despair, rage and resistance.
Kew Ross locates her eight performers in the darkly atmospheric tunnels under Waterloo Station to explore how the mind and spirit find ways to claw back some kind of reality and meaning. Fay Patterson’s graphic lighting searches out the performers while an original sound score by Natasha Lohan drives the work, creating a claustrophobic sound world of unaccompanied voice, strings and percussion.
Brian Keenan will be reading extracts from his new book (to be published in autumn 2012) at The Old Vic Tunnels on 4 and 5 February.
Without Warning is performed by percussionist David Leahy, vocalist Natasha Lohan, cellist and vocalist Laura Moody, baritone Peter Willcock and dancers Sonia Rafferty, Megan Saunders, Daisy Thompson and Simon Wehrli, with lighting design by Fay Patterson and dramaturgy by Mary-Ann Hushlak.
Alongside Without Warning, portrait photographer Peter Anderson examines containment and confinement in the related installation Darkroom, a replica of his working darkroom with sound design by Natasha Lohan and the cast.
