CLEMENCY
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival & ANU Productions 2019
Creator/Lead Artist Keisha Thompson
Director Louise Lowe
Assistant Director Samantha Cade
ANU Producers Lynnette Moran and Matt Smyth
Associate Artist Mark Croasdale
Actor Etta Fusi
Inside an ambulance, a paramedic on a break faces up to the consequences of her choices. What makes someone worthy of care today – and what made them worthy 200 years ago?
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An interactive installation and performance piece, audiences experience a monologue and are invited to explore poetry hidden in plain sight, whilst listening to an audio soundscape.
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Part of 15 artistic interventions inspired by those who died during the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, but also by the lives, stories and concerns of today’s Mancunians: from zero-hours contracts to climate change.
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https://mif.co.uk/previous-festivals/mif19/the-anvil-anu/
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