Above Me the Wide Blue Sky

Abstract

A man whose memories are carried by birds. A woman whose children have grown with the trees. A family whose garden is the fathomless ocean. If who we are and what we call home is inextricably linked with nature, what happens when everything starts to change? Staged within a multi-screen film installation, with a soundscape of birdsong, electronic music and a new score for string quartet, Above Me The Wide Blue Sky weaves together images, movement and sound with stories of love, loss and belonging from an ever changing world. Ali Beale - Production Manager & design Synne Behrndt - Dramaturg Samantha Butler - Direction & design Laura Cubitt - Performer Will Duke - Projection Design David Harradine - Direction & design Jamie McCarthy - Music Hansjorg Schmidt - Lighting Design Charles Webber - Sound Design Beth Hoare-Barnes - Company Stage Manager Sam Evans - Technical Stage Manager Dominic Bilkey - AV Programmer Scientific Advisors Robin IM Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford John Pickering, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Warwic