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i-witness archiveIn August 1992, when the dog days were drawing to an end, I set off to walk the county of Suffolk... i-witness is a new show inspired by the writings of W.G. Sebald. Ten years after the publication in English of The Rings of Saturn, Volcano invites you on an extraordinary journey in the writer's footsteps. Although his actual journey covers only one small corner of England, the book is an adventure of memory and association that reaches across the globe and through hundreds of years of history. Every place and every object leads somewhere else, from crumbling English seaside resorts to the Belgian Congo or the silk houses of a Chinese Empress. But the exotic charm of these journeys is always unsettled by some epic brutality just around the corner or below the surface, with the strange effect that this detached and scholarly prose rages with violence on every page. The show is not just about walking, or Suffolk, or what Europeans did in the Congo. It is also about connections and traces, and finding beauty under the ever-present threat of destruction. i-witness is an intimate, up-close experience that uses video, dance and the sheer emotional power of live performance to lead the audience through strange landscapes, following their clues, signs and connections. It is brutal, meditative and darkly funny theatre that explores what it means to live in a world full of the echoes and whisperings of the past. Estimated running time 2 hours including interval

Cast/Performers

Fern Smith, Paul Davies, Philip Ralph, Catherine Bennett

Creatives/Company

Company: Volcano Theatre Company
Director: John Hardwick
Design: Gerald Tyler

i-witness

i-witness (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01002755622. Details of all i-witness archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01518573091

Archive Listings

24 Nov 09
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25 Nov 09
Cambridge Junction
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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20 Nov 09
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21 Nov 09
Chapter Arts Centre
Cardiff, Glamorgan
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19 Nov 09Unity Theatre
Liverpool, Merseyside
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11 Nov 09
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14 Nov 09
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham, West Midlands
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11 Dec 08
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12 Dec 08
Theatr Clwyd
Mold, Flintshire
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9 Dec 08Edge Hill Arts Centre
Ormskirk, Lancashire
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4 Dec 08
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6 Dec 08
The Tobacco Factory Theatres
Bristol, City of Bristol
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3 Dec 08The Point
Eastleigh, Hampshire
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5 Nov 08
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6 Nov 08
Sherman Theatre
Cardiff, Glamorgan
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31 Oct 08
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1 Nov 08
Taliesin Arts Centre
Swansea, Glamorgan
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