Two Perspectives (Zwei Ansichten)

by Uwe Johnson
A workshop performance.

Based on the novel adaptation by Andrea Koschwitz and Robert Talheim.
Directed by Zoë Svendsen
Music composed by Dario Palermo
Performed by Lucy Ellinson and Finlay Robertson

1961. On a trip to Berlin, a West German photographer falls for a nurse from the East. Not long after, the Wall is built. Forced apart by politics, their brief affair grows into something neither can quite let go of… Uwe Johnson’s tale offers a laconic antidote to the mythologizing of love – and history – with its finely-drawn portrait of two incompatible systems and a single fragmented cityscape of isolation and desire.

A work-in-progress, with two performers and real-time electronic composition, exploring the interrelationship between the spoken word and music as a structuring principle. Followed by a short discussion with the performers and creative team.

Sunday January 31st 2pm

£5