Cube of Curiosity is a multi-disciplinary performance of music, dance and visual art, which sets out to explore the physical and emotional dynamics of the human through the senses and perceptions of three characters: a percussionist/boy, a dancer/seated man and an artist/girl.
The performance takes place in and around a cubic metal structure, referencing the rigid composition of the fictional world which they inhabit; and emphasising in particular two spaces or environments: the inner and the outer. Likewise three distinct art-forms, or beings, interact during the performance: complementing and colliding.
The notion is expressionistic, each performer has his own journey, which is undertaken, sometimes in the company of the others and sometimes alone, exploring their strengths and weaknesses, the beauty and the horror of both their environment and their own condition; and examining the influences that they are able to exert upon their fellow travellers and the space that they inhabit; and ultimately the marks that they can leave behind – by virtue of their presence the difference that they can make.
Created by Marc Brew and Rachel Gadsden in collaboration with:
Marc Brew – Choreographer and Performer
Rachel Gadsden – Visual Artist and Performer
Clare McCue – Composer
Ryan Laight – Designer
Calum Huggan – Percussionist
Ian Moore – Production Manager
Premiere 8th April
“Timelessness” Hessian State Theater
School Day Performances
Previews: Thu 18 May @ 10.15am & 12.15pm and
Fri 19 May @ 10.15am & 12.15pm
Public Performances
Sat 20 & Sun 21 May @ 2pm & 4pm
Find out more about the show in a series of conversations with the team behind The Race.
‘I couldn’t stand up or dance the way I used to, but I still wanted to express myself’.
Read Marc’s interview with Sara Keating in the Irish Times
Listen to Marc speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena about The Race, and the importance of represention on the stage.
Commissioned by Liberty Festival & the London Legacy Development Corporation with support from Arts Council England for Liberty Festival and National Paralympic Day 2013.
Please contact our Producer Susan Hay for more information.
