About
Enter the minds of two women left helpless; one suffers grief, the other the agony of love.
Confined Human Condition is a music theatre double bill directed by Cathie Boyd, combining music with design from James Johnson, Theo Clinkard and Nich Smith.
Alejandro Viñao's The Baghdad Monologue (Scottish Premiere), performed by soprano Frances M Lynch, explores the everyday pain of war. A rhythmic electroacoustic score with tightly woven text portrays a familiar situation that is as old as civilization: the forceful intervention of the strong and the powerful to 'protect' and 'liberate' the weak.
Terror of Love (World Premiere) is a provocative commission from multifaceted composer Phillip Neil Martin. Inspired by Saint Teresa of Ávila and scored for mezzo soprano Loré Lixenberg with electronics, it explores the ecstatic state of mind of a woman who sacrifices herself for love.
A co-production with the Women's Arts International Festival at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal.
"Raw power and pain."
Metro
Past Performances
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
10/09/2009
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
17-19/09/2009
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
25-26/09/2009
Credits
Cathie Boyd, Director
Alejandro Viñao, Composer
Phillip Neil Martin, Composer