Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
By tríada theatre company
London Bridge stabbings 2017.
8 dead, 48 injured, millions around the world affected.
At these challenging times of war, terrorism and political fear, how do we choose to respond?
A small group of people from different cultures, nationalities and gender identities, find their way through life in London and join a weekly community theatre class. Their lives intersect, their stories get vocalised, their secrets revealed, creating a microcosmos, allowing them to ignore the reality of atrocities in their city.
A piece of meta-theatre where a group of actors take on the roles of participants in a theatre class to be ‘transformed’. What is our role as audience members, sitting outside of ‘their new reality’ looking at them ?. . .
A play about the power of community theatre on people’s lives.
Cast
John Newcombe
Tia Dunn
Fenia Gianni
Jon Terry
Edward Garcia
Dramatist: Dimitra Barla
Directed by: Dimitra Barla and Strat Mastoris
Assistant director: Fenia Gianni
Produced by: Fenia Gianni
Music by: Spyros Polychronopoulos
Light and Sound tech: Strat Mastoris