Circle of Fifths
This is an archived eventAbout Circle of Fifths
Friends and families gather on the street outside a home. Sometimes with boots and shovels. Together they share small talk and offer condolences before bidding their Butetown farewell.
Later, stories, memories and music mingle with their grief. A song cuts through. The volume is turned up and they dance.
Loss creates a feeling of disharmony. A fracture in life’s rhythm. In times like this, music can be the thing that makes us feel.
Film and theatre maker Gavin Porter and a collective of artists brought us together to celebrate life in death. A live documentary performance, told through real life stories, rooted in tradition, music and memory.
5 Starsyou feel you are part of something real and stark and spiritual.
Life in all its diversity; death in all its universality.
my unexpressed feelings were communicated in a way that was beyond me
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Access
Listen to the audio flyer or watch the BSL introduction
Circle of Fifths included an audio described performance by Alastair Sill, a BSL performance by Sami Dunn and live captioning by Sheryll Holley.
Venue
The show started outside, near the Senedd, with a short procession down Pierhead Street before moving inside the Dance House.
Cast
- Musician
- Drumtan
- Musician
- Kiddus
- Performer
- Maureen Blades
- Performer
- Francesca Dimech
- Performer
- Wella
- Performer
- Rose Beecraft Music
Creative team
- Director
- Gavin Porter
- Set and Costume Designer
- Jacob Hughes
- Lighting Designer
- Jane Lalljee
- Assistant Director
- Bianca Ali
- Associate Artist
- Kyle Legall