Mum always tells us don’t talk to strangers: but what if that stranger is you? Marie, a young woman from a small village, moves to a surreal megacity. She’s imagined this city, the people she would meet. And now here you are … so tall … and attractive … and … tall. Maybe you’re going to be friends? Maybe you’re going to fall in love? Maybe Marie is teetering on the brink of a very everyday trauma.
Invisible City is a one-woman show about longing, loneliness, making connections and lemons. Join naive newcomer to the big city, Marie, as she struggles to adjust to the bustling metropolis and finds herself treading a fine line between coping and not coping.
Performer and writer Lowri Jenkins (‘a name you want to watch out for’ OneStopArts.com) comments: “Invisible City came from observations we made of city life. I’m fascinated by the way you can be physically so close to other people, on the tube wedged under someone’s armpit or elbowing your way through a throng of shoppers and yet nobody makes eye contact, we’re all in our own little bubbles and sometimes you feel invisible.”
Director / Choreographer Jennifer Fletcher and Composer Mat Martin have worked with Lowri to create this multi-disciplined performance using movement, monologue and a unique sound-score to conjure the huge, intimidating atmosphere of the city. The audience is treated as the city’s population from whom Marie seeks support, friendship and affirmation. When, during an hallucinatory episode in a supermarket, she finds comfort in a lemon, the audience is asked to consider; what does companionship truly mean to you?
Funny, moving and surreal, Invisible City explores coming to terms with the truth that, at the end of the day, we only have ourselves.
Invisible City
Venue 13, Lochend Close, EH8 8BL
Saturday 8th – Saturday 29th August 2015 (not 17th or 24th), 8.15pm
Box Office: Tickets available from: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/invisible-city
Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)
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Notes: Recommended age 14+
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