Circles of Hell (Arts Weeks 2021)
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Live streamed from Sitges, Barcelona, in association with Museus de Sitges, Theatre North presents a new solo performance piece based on Salvador Dali’s paintings of Dante’s Inferno.
Marking the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, Theatre North presents a new solo performance piece - a visual, physical extravaganza, with text in several languages, based on Salvador Dali’s paintings of Dante’s Inferno. This performance is live streamed from Sitges, Barcelona, in association with Museus de Sitges. As Dante and Virgil journey through the nine Circles of Hell they are joined by a ‘sodomite’ with a very different perspective. Dante’s extraordinary vision and Dali’s characteristically surreal images are the starting point for an explicity bold, questioning work which leaves us staring in to the depths of Hell itself.
Martin Lewton (Writer/Performer) is an award winning actor and writer whose work has been toured internationally. Martin is an Associate Fellow of Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre, a lecturer in Acting at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona, and Artistic Director of Theatre North and ¡Barcelona Solo!
Andrew McKinnon (Director) Following a long career as a theatre director, running three theatres and directing over one hundred productions, Andrew wrote and taught Birkbeck’s MFA in directing and MA in Producing.
Theatre North This year marks the 20th anniversary of Theatre North and the 10th show they have performed at Birkbeck. The company specialises in work using the naked queer body, accessible to gay and straight audiences alike.
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