Part father, part worker, part ghost in the machinery of late capitalism, Uncle Dad can turn any corner of the city into an office. But routines slip. Systems glitch. Typing, rustling, humming all slide into other sounds —until the daily grind becomes something other, something new.
Under the neat surfaces of work and order, something restless and unruly begins to grow.
The Rewilding Of Uncle Dad is an interactive sound walk with live field recording and elements of collective play which asks if wildness lies under the civilized surfaces of our lives, and what will happen if we entice it out.
This piece was made with support from artists Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Silvia Mercuriali and institutions Arts Council England, La Fabrique Autonomme des Acteurs, London Fieldworks and ZKU Berlin.
Running Time Approx 70 minutes
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About BAIT
Bait is a critically-acclaimed performance company working out
of the UK and Berlin. Since 2017 they have performed their work
at festivals and venues across the UK and Europe.
Founders and co-artistic directors Michelle Madsen and Lizzy
Margereson both studied Lecoq‘s physical theatrical pedagogy
and now make work which takes the principles of play and the
poetic body and applies them to a genre-busting body of
award-winning work.
From queer cabaret, to live interactive online immersive shows,
to psychogeographic audio pilgrimages, Margereson and
Madsen question dominant narratives through their ‚wildly
exuberant‘ and ‚heroically unshaven‘ physical, sonic and visual
languages.
cast & CREATIVE TEAM
WRITERS AND PERFORMERS: Michelle Madsen and Lizzy Shakespeare
SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MENTORS: Silvia Mercuriali, Nigel Barret & Louise Mari, Darren O’Donnell, Greg Wohead
FIELD RECORDING AND SOUND MENTOR: Kate Carr
LIVE SOUND: Thomas Mayer
OUTSIDE EYE BERLIN: Shai Cohen
OUTSIDE EYE UK: Rachel Gay
COSTUME: Lena Boeckmann
DRAMATURGY: Maria Hüber
PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS: The Uncultured
IMAGES: Abel Steen
VIDEO: Vincent Jondeau/Michelle Madsen/Lizzy Margereson