Blog théâtre: « Dream On !»

a report on progress so far

What I'm posting here are a number of images produced by Nomi, the designer for the show.
We will also, all being well, be filming this weekend, in Harry Potter Land (ie the cloisters of New College), and in the back garden of Teddy Hall; if possible, I'll post an extract from the film once it is edited.

Apologies for the long silence, but it has been hectic.
One day there may be time to reflect at more considered length on all of this.

We are just four rehearsals away from the opening night now; it may seem like a long time, but as we meet just once a week, this is really not very long (the rhythm of youth theatre is very different from that of professional or even student productions).

We have made a story which weaves together there principal strands
-- a recounting of the experience of two of our initial group, Nisar and Jamal, who made the difficult journey to England from Afghanistan as young teenagers: walking, crammed on to a boat, hiding inside or under a lorry... Both Nisar and Jamal have now let the group, but they did so very happy for their story to be told by us, and will come along to the show at some point during the week.
-- reworkings of other experiences and stories generated by other members of the group: all turning on a set of connected fantasies and fears: revenge for harm done in the past, the effort required to find the right way to exact retribution and/or justice.
-- a version of both the annuciation story (from the Gospels), and its retelling by way of the case of Magdeleine d'Auvermont (see reading list in the blog); this case, which forms part of the quarrel concerning the power of the imagination, especially in relation to the generation of 'monstrous' children, is one we rework in the show. In 'Dream On....' (no exclamation mark!), we relocate what is already a war story set in a border zone in 1637 into a contemporary story about a British Muslim soldier in Afghanistan, and his Greek orthodox wife, the powerful erotic dream they both happen to have one night, and the imaginary friend their (adopted/actual?) daughter can't quite let go of....

I can't say any more, as I've already ruined part of the suspense....

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Présentation du blog

Le blog théatre vous permet de suivre la construction du spectacle "Dream on!", conçu et écrit par Wes Williams et Angharad Phillips dans le cadre du projet ANR AGON.

Ce spectacle construit avec et par une compagnie mixte de jeunes, d’étudiants, d’enseignants-chercheurs, d’adultes réfugiés, et de demandeurs d’asile, tournera autour des disputes, des querelles, des controverses… et du rêve.