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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