Co-design with Abby Clarke | Aviva Studios - Factory International, Manchester

Creator - Linda Brogan
Lighting designer - Prema Mehta
Sound designer - Tingying Dong
Costume designer - Abby Clarke
Photography: Lowri Burkenshaw

An intimate, immersive, interactive performance in Aviva Studio's North Warehouse space exploring the experiences and life of the artist Linda Brogan with a participatory audience.

The audience were invited to gather at a candlelit table at the centre of  space, listening to stories from Linda, while reflecting on these and sharing their own. No two performances were the same, as the audience co-created the work, inspired by the rehearsal process where cast members allow the script to prompt the sharing of their own stories and experiences.

Taking cues from ruined Jamaican plantation houses, while reinforcing its location in a contemporary performance space, the setting was imbued with historical significance and memory, relating to the themes in the piece.