These
Mechanisms
Sunday 8th February | 7.30pm
The Rockfield Centre - Oak Studio, Oban, PA34 5DQ
Variety of ticket prices available. Pay what you can, and if you’d like to pay forward for others, please do
In her eightieth year, Christine wondered if she might create her first show. Who says an octogenarian shouldn’t be working with stepladders, electronics… and water?
A performance of persistence and joy, celebrating the beautiful functions and limits of a human body and the desire to make things happen. Assisted by her helper, Calum, Christine manipulates and raps her way along a precarious journey of movement and sound, taking us to surprising places.
Led by play and curiosity and an infectious personality, we are likely to encounter the banal to the jaw-dropping. This is real, and what happens along the way we can’t be sure. Nor can Christine, such is the nature of These Mechanisms.
These Mechanisms is part of a progressive collaboration spanning over a decade between Christine Thynne and Robbie Synge, including group performance Ensemble (Aerowaves; Made In Scotland Showcase and Total Theatre Awards Shortlisted, 2018).
Reviews
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
“Absurd, joyful and breath-taking”
★★★★★ EdFestMag
“captivating, life-affirming, and entirely embodied”
★★★★ The Stage
“charmingly unpredictable work, performed with wit, warmth and authenticity”
★★★★ All Edinburgh Theatre
“a poetic and energetic movement piece that defies gravity and preconceptions”
Creative Team:
Christine Thynne: Co-Creator & Performer
Robbie Synge: Co-Creator & Director
Helen McIntosh: Creative Producer
Calum Paterson: Composer & Performer
Emma Jones: Lighting Designer
Cleo Rose McCabe: Costume Designer
Fi Fraser: Production Manager
Ashley Jack: Movement Collaborator
Funded and supported by: Creative Scotland, Luminate, Dance Base, Eden Court, Citymoves
Runtime:
50 min approx
Age Guidance:
No restrictions, recommended 12+
Content:
No warnings