A live art performance combining dramaturgy, monologues, movement and music, moving from a dark place to a light-hearted one.
Rhizome Tears is at the Barbican Theatre on Saturday 10 October, a live art performance that mixes dramaturgy, monologue, movement and music. It's not a play in the usual sense, but a piece that pulls from a few different places at once, with the music and movement sitting alongside the spoken word rather than just filling the gaps between scenes.
The whole thing is built around a journey back to a place of wellbeing. It starts in a world of burnout and concrete jungles, and from there it moves slowly from a dark place towards one that's light-hearted and wholesome. That shift is the core of the piece, so you'll see it change tone as it goes on.
Guiding the way is a strange green being, a character that leads the performance through those different moods. The combination of monologue and movement means the story is told as much through what's said as through how the performers move on stage, with the music tying the two together.
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It runs from 20:00 to 22:00 at the Barbican Theatre on Castle Street, PL1 2NJ, with tickets starting from £9.38.
