DRYLANDS: Part II of the Hotel Medea Trilogy
About the performance
DRYLANDS is Part II of the Hotel Medea Trilogy. In a cold post-modern wasteland communication technology gives the illusion of intimacy whilst creating a cold absence. Hot chocolate, lullabies and CCTV cameras createdifferent perspectives on betrayal.
The Hotel Medea team are leading The Creative Technology course on 25-29 April 2011, where you can mish-mash theatre, technology, body, sound and image to create dramatic artwork to view, share or broadcast online. For more information please contact lisalapidge@gmail.com.
About the company
The Hotel Medea project develops playful theatrical structures which allow for a participatory, immersive and interactive perspective of the theatrical event. The company´s work can be described as site-specific, time-specific and audience-specific. The project is a UK/BRAZIL collaboration that has developed Hotel Medea over the last 4 years with collaborators such as BBC3 Award Winner DJ Dolores and Master Urias De Oliveira.
“The theatrical version of bingeing on absinthe” – Time Out London
“Hotel Medea is more, much more than a theatre show – a truly shared space” – Total Theatre
“Uncannily powerful” – The Guardian