Limelight
Limelight used entirely pre-electrical technology to create an open air set lit by limelight and gaslight. In the unfocused glare from the incandescent lime, the performers became transformed figures in an intricately balanced mechanical set. Some performers struggled to provide light whilst others basked in its glory - the spectre of flashgun photography and the self-consciousness of those caught in its glare haunted the scenes.
with Bruce Gilchrist, Susannah Hart, Rose Kowalski, Julian Maynard Smith, Lucy Merchant
Music Martin Jacques, Ian Hill
"The show is an exercise in phenomenalism, explored by means of an unwieldy contraption - a sort of alternative Meccano - which seesaws erratically with some brave body clinging to one of its metal arms, and gas fuelled flames roaring from various apparatus. ... an entertainment for sure."
The Stage
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Commissioned by Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
An ArtsAdmin production. 1995
Cambridge, Kettles Yard; Cardiff Art and Time Festival; South Bank Centre, London; Copenhagen European City of Culture 1996; Zürcher Festspielen, Zurich
