About the Performance
For voices, percussion, narrator and artisans
Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans dressed in overalls and aprons and sets them to work in the Traverse Theatre producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination.
Demolishing the barriers between life and art, everyday tools become musical instruments and the workmen transform into musicians in this fantastical and memorable performance piece.
Standing to one side, an actor reads extracts by Enlightenment writers describing in turn the tools and the work being done on stage. Sparks fly, eggs crack and hammers pound in this unforgettable blend human creativity and basic hard work.
Sharing the Festival: Experimentum Mundi is also performed at The Space, Dundee on Tuesday 8 September at 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 (£6 concession). To book call 01382 834 934.
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Supported by The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh