Above Me the Wide Blue Sky

Synopsis

A man whose memories are carried by birds. A woman whose children have grown with the trees. A family whose garden is the fathomless ocean. If who we are and what we call home is interwoven with nature, what happens when everything starts to change? Performed within a stunning multi-screen film installation, with a soundscape of birdsong, electronic music and a new score for string quartet, Above Me The Wide Blue Sky draws together stories of love, loss and belonging from an ever changing world. A long awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed On Ageing in 2010.

Our Review:

24 February 2013

The audience is encouraged to arrive early and investigate the performance space, after all it’s promoted as an arts installation as much as it is a piece of theatre. But don’t arrive too early as in truth there’s not much to see, huge projections of clouds, soothing music, lots of lights at varying heights and a woman and a whippet. In fact the whole effect of the evening is like being in one of those relaxation rooms in a spa, where you feel warm and slightly dreamlike.

The performer recalls sentences linked to home, how the landscape impacts on us and the force of nature in our lives. The colours of the projections subtly change and the music alters, ending in birdsong. While the whippet sleeps, the performer tells a story using all the previous random sentences about how we would feel if our links to nature were withdrawn and the 45-minute piece suddenly becomes more coherent. ‘Swallows over rape fields,’ utters the performer, moving on to hed...

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