Theatre Re presents
Moments / BIRTH
TUESDAY 11 MARCH
7pm (THEATRE)
Age guidance: 12+
Tickets and information 01202 280000
Acclaimed for their trademark style combining striking imagery and action with original live music, Theatre Re return to Lighthouse Poole on Tuesday 11 March with a double bill of two typically original pieces – Moments and BIRTH.
Merging TED talk with theatrical performance, Moments sees Theatre Re rediscovering why they do what they do and why it is important. Quite unlike any other show from the company’s repertoire, it creates a thought provoking piece that explores time, fatherhood and grief whilst demystifying the theatre making process.
Marking more than 13 years of working together on six shows that have toured 17 countries over three continents, Moments weaves the personal stories of lighting designer Katherine Graham, director Guillaume Pigé and composer Alex Judd of becoming parents and reaching midlife with theatrical imagination, they unpick their creative bond, re-evaluate success and make a new show. Ultimately, Moments is about attentiveness to magic in the making of new work; poetry in our everyday; moment-by-moment existence; life as we live it.
Director Guillaume Pigé comments: “Moments is different. It is just us and ultimately it is a question. What are we doing here? What’s the point? Why do we do what we do? Does anyone really know why they do what they do? And do they feel like it’s enough?”
A hit at Edinburgh, BIRTH is a poignant piece of visual theatre brought to life with incredible live music exploring inter-generational connections. Sharing the beauty and impact of Theatre Re’s earlier work, BIRTH uses the company’s compelling, physical style embracing mime, theatre and live music to explore family connections and what is inherited from one generation to the other.
Emily is eight months pregnant when she reads her grandmother's journal. Its pages unveil a legacy of courage, unspoken tragedies, and unconditional love as BIRTH traces the journey of three women from the same family as they discover self-acceptance, hope and strength in each other. Deftly tackling the sensitive topic of loss during pregnancy, the production explores the fragility of life.
Over a 15-month period, as well as drawing on personal experience and interviews conducted with families who have experienced such loss, Theatre Re have collaborated with neuroscientists and philosophers to ask the question ‘when does memory begin?’ Their work is distinctively rooted in the science, philosophy, theatre and real human experiences.
Company director Guillaume Pigé comments: “BIRTH is about family, memory and secrets. Throughout the development process, we unearthed the parallels between our own lives and the lives of our parents and grandparents. We looked at the moments that have been an important part of family life for generations, but we also looked at the smaller moments, those that we tend to forget, but that meant so much at the time and helped define who we are.”