Gods and Humans
8pm, Friday 1 July 2016
2pm, Saturday 2 July 2016
Solar Youth Theatre, Half Moon’s specialist group for disabled teenagers, focused on the company’s history of disability theatre for, with and by young people.
They used as their stimulus:
Human Garden (2000)
Yeh Hsien (2001)
Mermaid and the Mirror (2005)
My Friend Snow (2005)
In a frame
Reflecting my face
Reflecting myself
Outside and Inside
Poem by Anthony (Untitled)
Members of Solar are supported by a team of dedicated access workers, who are also artists in their own right. The stimulus productions led to an interest in the ensemble’s own reflections and they explored mirrors and frames, then a poem written by one of the members on the theme of reflections. Their devised piece plays with the notion of Gods and humans, the idea of stepping through the mirror, and the inner and outer worlds of the human mind.
Youth Theatre members:
Anthony, Crystal, Dami, Dana, Denzel, Emily, Iyanu, Nicholas, Owen, Saira, Tahera
Lead Tutor: Sam Adams
Support Tutor: Madeleine Graham
Access: Amari Harris, Charlene Skyers, David Gilbert, Genevieve Helson, Helen Jackson-Lyall
Composer: James Grant
Designer: Liz Atkin
Lighting Designer: Phil Clarke
Solar Youth Theatre devised their own show inspired by some of the iconic productions from across the 44-year history of Half Moon Theatre.
Gods and Humans was performed as part of the Stages of Half Moon Festival on 1-2 July 2016.
A short video about the Stages of Half Moon Festival, featuring extracts from our four Youth Theatre productions, interviews with some of the young people and images of our exhibition.
Composed by James Grant.
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