For over 200 years, humans have used lobster pots as a device to trap the creature after it crawls in to reach bait. The entrance to the pot never closes; it remains open, but once inside, the lobster just can’t find its way out again. Arthropoda is a show about how we identify our traps, and if we manage to do so, how we can find ways to escape them.
This gripping and visually arresting piece of circus theatre tells of the unravelling of a relationship, entangled in the psychological pitfalls of societal and systematic sexism.
The piece explores the way in which toxic and abusive dynamics can remain hidden to those experiencing them, when experienced amidst the complex mass of other relationship dynamics. Through an array of stunning visual theatre and circus techniques including Cyr wheel, and aerial theatre Arthropoda navigates challenging questions about whether we can or should support a partner with dark and violent emotions, and how to identify when those emotions spill over into something altogether more dangerous.
Production Credits: Writer, Director and Co-Production Designer: Sarah Holmes Mentor/Dramaturge: Clive Andrews Performers: Constanza Ruff and Lee Partridge Co- Producers: Melanie Purdie and Nikki Kalkman Musical Director and Musician: Bado Reti Lighting Designer: George Tarbuck Co-Production Designer: Ingrid Scholes Production Stage Manager: Grace Turner Musician: Joseph Weisberg Deputy Stage Manager: Lucy May Wilson Sound Technician: Lucy Planet Image Credit: Colin Hattersley Graphic Design: Kate George
USA Production
Recipient of Creation Fund by National Performance Network
Co-Commissioning partners: 7 Stages, Dance Mission Theatre,
Host Of Sparrows & The Modlin Center, On Fife Theatre
UK Production
Recipient of Open Fund by Creative Scotland
Work in Progress Showing of development March 16, 2018
Please visit our show website for more information, reviews, and tech specs. www.ThisTwistedTale.com