Harradine, David (2013) Above Me the Wide Blue Sky. [Performance]

Abstract

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 inextricably linked with nature, what happens when everything starts to change?
Staged within a multi-screen film installation, with a soundscape of birdsong, electronic music and a new score for string quartet, Above Me The Wide Blue Sky weaves together images, movement and sound with stories of love, loss and belonging from an ever changing world.

Ali Beale - Production Manager & design
Synne Behrndt - Dramaturg
Samantha Butler - Direction & design
Laura Cubitt - Performer
Will Duke - Projection Design
David Harradine - Direction & design
Jamie McCarthy - Music
Hansjorg Schmidt - Lighting Design
Charles Webber - Sound Design
Beth Hoare-Barnes - Company Stage Manager
Sam Evans - Technical Stage Manager
Dominic Bilkey - AV Programmer

Scientific Advisors
Robin IM Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford
John Pickering, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Warwick