FEAR
“I’ve always loved the idea of these super-human versions of ourselves, knives wedged in hearts, voices peeling from throats, driven into war by the power of music.
No armour. Just feeling. Every possible feeling enduring us.”
FEAR is about our relationship with acute anxiety in 21st century life.
Inspired by a nineteenth century psychological thriller, it is told through a mix of high sensory live performance, movement and music by a company of actors, musicians and singers. A story for our time, it asks us to examine our relationship with our own anxiety, and the experience of being trapped by it.
Early work, research and development was supported by funding from Arts Council England, with dramaturgy by Stef O’Driscoll.
Michelle McMahon WRITING
Joyce Henderson MOVEMENT
Joseph Howard MUSIC
Scott Karim, Amy McAllister, Jordan Metcalfe and Mercy Ojelade ACTORS
Simone Ibbett-Brown, Oskar McCarthy and Rosie Middleton SINGERS
Naomi Burrell, Georgie Davis and Ben Michaels MUSICIANS
Rob Jones VIDEOGRAPHY
Research supported by Professor Colette Hirsch, Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Anxiety Disorders & Trauma (CADAT) at King's College London.
Audience research designed and facilitated by design strategist and design justice advocate Tayo Medupin from Hello Brave,
Workshop hosted and supported by Rich Mix, London.
From Shakespeare’s Globe, Dr Will Tosh and a panel of thinkers and writers, including Professor Bridget Escolme, Stella Kanu, Michelle McMahon and Joseph Marcell, explore fear in 2020 in this timely conversation…
