PALACES - 2024
“Because I agree with you, I agree that something somewhere is about to burst its banks. I feel it too. We’re the same. I promise we’re the same”
In a shed by a ring road, Paula is getting ready for the end of the world. Annie has just arrived to stop her. The sisters sit outside as the sun sets, each trying to convince the other of the truth.
Here, in the theatre, two dancers are learning to support one another.
Palaces is an experiment. A piece of dance accompanied by an audio drama. Or maybe a piece of audio drama accompanied by a dance. It’s about disappointment, tarmac, disasters, knights, sisters, tinned food, and dread. And love?
In spring 2024, we started making Palaces. We really hadn’t made anything like this before. Palaces fuses dance and audio drama. Collaborating with dancers and non-professional actors, we learned loads. Our period of research and development culminated in a work-in-progress sharing at Camden People’s Theatre.
(We want to do Palaces again)
Movement by Martha Harlan
Text by Laura Henderson Child
Danced by Ciara Amas + Tasalla Tabasom
Spoken by Frances Child + Mary Sansbury
Photo credit Oliver Garrett
