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PROJECT:

 

What appears to be light and entertaining, can be dark and lonely behind the curtains. On the stage a mask, offstage the truth. 

In a universe, where theatre is life and life is a dream we find two performers, doing whatever they can to help each other through their show night after night.

Inspired by testimonies from those affected by suicide, Ephemeral Ensemble invites you to take a look behind the curtain at loneliness and depression in a sensitive and timely exploration of friendship.

 

REVIEWS:

"Lyn Gardmer's pick of the most interesting shows at Edinburgh Fringe" The Independent.

★★★★★ "Physical Theatre at its finest. Unmissable!...The hairs on the back of my neck, all the way down my spine and along my arms stood straight up” Everything Theatre.

★★★★★ "A masterclass...Clever and engagingly effective, Offstage is hugely watchable and exceptionally powerful”Act Drop 

"This contemporary performance will be etched in my mind memory for a very long time... Pushing theatre into innovative and exciting places at the same time" Number 9 Reviews.

PERFORMANCES:

Blue Elephant Theatre 30th Oct 2017

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 at Pleasance JackDome (1st - 27th AUG)

Waterside (Sale, 15th March 2019) 

Tristan Bates Theatre (London, 17th-22nd June 2019)

Lichfield Garrick (Lichfield, 12th July 2019) 

 

CREATIVE TEAM:

Directors: Eygló Belafonte & Ramon Ayres
Performers: Ramon Ayres & Tom Benjamin 
Sound composition: Alex Paton
Light design: Josephine Tremelling
Set, prop and Costume composition: Rob Evison
Mentor: Marcello Magni
Dramaturg: A.C. Smith

Devised by: Amy McAllister, Alex Paton, Eygló Belafonte, Josephine Tremelling, Ramon Ayres, Rob Evison, Tom Benjamin. 
Photographer: Mathew Hodgkin
Video: Larissa Moleti and Pablo Gaiger 
Collaborators for research: Professor David Mosse, PAPYRUS & L.A.S. 

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