International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
Lookout
2, 3 September 15.30, 16.15, 17.00, 18.30, 19.15, 20.00, Riga Radio and TV tower | 7 and 5 eur
Created in collaboration with local children, Lookout is a one-to-one encounter between one adult audience member and one child performer taking place somewhere high up overlooking the city. Together they look out at the city and imagine its future. The conversation they share is a quiet journey through the past, present and future guided by the streets and landmarks laid out before them. It’s an exchange between two people who might not normally meet, about a future world they may or may not share. Lookout is an attempt to consider big questions in a small way. Developed through a series of workshops with local children, each new version of the piece is unique to the city it is created in and features people who call that place home.
About artist
Andy Field is a theatremaker, curator, and co-director of the multi-award winning collective Forest Fringe. He has created and toured his own contemporary performance work across the UK, Europe and the US. Andy also writes regularly on performance for a number of publications and in 2012 completed a PhD with the University of Exeter exploring the relationship between contemporary performance practice and the New York avant-gardes of the 1960s and 1970s.
Credits
Idea and direction: Andy Field
Participants: Amēlija Taube, Dārta Kleinberga, Eduards Tauriņš, Emīlija Prikule, Gerda Timrota, Katrīna Vagare, Līna Bērziņa, Līva Skubeņiča, Evelīna Nora Paukšēna, Patriks Bukolovskis, Pēteris Sināts, Pēteris Knoks, Sofija Gāga, Vilhelms Buķis-Fleitmanis un Žanete Tensone
Music and sound design: Tom Parkinson
Dramaturgy: Sybille Peters|
Illustrator: Vivianna Maria Staņislavska
Production: Beckie Darlington
Production in Riga: Anna Viņķele, Marta Lortkipanidze, New Theatre Institute of Latvia
Commissioned by The Arches, caravan, MAYK, Cambridge Junction, Contact, Unicorn Theatre
Supported by Arts Council England
2, 3
September
15.30, 16.15, 17.00, 18.30, 19.15, 20.00
7 and 5*
eur
Language
In Latvian
Run time
30 min
Website
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* Reduced price for students, seniors, people with disabilities