DIY actors worked with Graeae Theatre Company at The Royal Exchange Theatre to create a strolling piece to accompany Graeae’s production of The House of Bernada Alba.
The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca was a Royal Exchange Theatre and Graeae Theatre Company co-production. It featured internationally acclaimed actor Kathryn Hunter and an all-female cast and was directed by DIY’s patron Jenny Sealey. Lorca’s final masterpiece is a bitter and darkly comic tragedy that charts the tyranny, jealousy and desperate struggle for freedom that will tear Bernarda and her daughters apart.In a landmark co-production, Graeae brought their unique focus on accessibility and different theatrical languages to bear on this spare and full-blooded translation of the play by Jo Clifford.
DIY company members appeared as part of the performance’s soundtrack and developed a moving piece of strolling theatre, based on a funeral procession, which was performed at each matinee of the show.
Performances
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
9 February 2018 -
Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre
25 February 2018
