There is a far away city which cannot be named. Its people are
silenced and its landscape is disappearing.
In this distant city, daily life is stranger than fiction: you can
see the sea but are forbidden to touch it, being honest is illegal
and those with ancestral connections to the city are forbidden to
enter it.
Propelled by a need to tell the city’s story before it is forever
forgotten, a resident records the stories behind his favourite
places.
This alternative guided tour allows you to wander through the
streets of his hometown. Your journey to this distant city will take
place within the streets of London and requires only comfortable
shoes and an open imagination.
Direction: Olivia Furber & Ramzi Maqdisi
Text: Olivia Furber & Ramzi Maqdisi
Music: 9T Antiope
Sound recordist: Angus Kemp
Voice: Tony Bell
Created with the support of Meta Theater, Villa Waldberta, HeadsUp
Festival, Ensemble 52, British Council, Hoch X and the Blast Theory
residency programme.
29th April - 1st May at
GIFT, Gateshead
4th - 8th May at the
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
14th - 22nd May at
Mayfest, Bristol
25th - 29th May at
Southstreet Arts, Reading
8th - 12th June at
HOME, Manchester
13th - 17th July at the
Offbeat Festival, Oxford Playhouse
31st August - 4th September at the
Freedom Festival, Hull