Knight Watch: South' Story
From: Monday, 2nd July 2012
To: Tuesday, 3 July 2012
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Synopsis
In a world where tower blocks are stone mountains and city walls are urban tapestries retelling epic fights, Michael keeps away from the warring tribes until a passerby helps him out of a tight situation. Instantly, he is pulled into the gang culture he has tried to escape. The city spirals out of control as battle lines are drawn but will Michael succeed in ending the war?
Our Review:
3 July 2012
In the world of Knight Watch the violent energy of cities reckons with the tenacity of nature.
It is a world where urban life has altered our relationship with nature, and vice versa: trees are become “tall as stacked street lamps”, a tower block is described “a stone mountain circled by grey mists”. So it is apt that this site-specific performance plays in Spa Fields, a patch of parkland surrounded by the urban architecture of Clerkenwell, a site where flora and fauna co-exist with murals covered by street art and graffiti.
Conjured from the words of spoken word artist Inua Ellams, accompanied by airy flutes and the primordial beat of drums, we are told a story of warring gangs and a city ablaze with riot. So far, so familiar. But Ellams’ verse brims with magical realism, enchanting everything from a light bulb to a tree with a sleeping consciousness. It climaxes with the miraculous purification of the city by natural forces. His ...
Cast
Aki Fujimoto (drums)
Mikey Kirkpatrick (flute)
Creative
Inua Ellams (Author)
Fuel Theatre (Company)
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