ILN Playbill. Designed by Dmitriy Myelnikov, 2016.
Viv Kristina Leon
Genie Ingela Lundh
Images Debbie Loftus
Words Paul Williamson
Violin Hugo Ticciati
Percussion Evelyn Glennie
Viv is giving an illustrated talk on the Victorian attraction known as Mr Wyld’s Model of the Earth. Her alter ego, Genie, steps in to liven things up. Semi-dramatised performance, lasting approximately twenty minutes, including fifty projected photos by artist Debbie Loftus.
World premiere performance with Kristina Leon and Ingela Lundh of the Stockholm English-Speaking Theatre at Confidencen, Ulriksdals Slottsteater, Stockholm, for Festival O/Modernt 2016, ‘Handel and the Art of Borrowing’, 12 June 2016.
The Stockholm performance featured Hugo Ticciati on violin, playing variations on ‘Meet Me in Battersea Park’ (1954) by Petula Clark, and Dame Evelyn Glennie on percussion, performing ‘Clapping Music’ (1972) by Steve Reich.
Mr Wyld's Model of the Earth. From The Illustrated London News, 7 June 1851.
Photo © Debbie Loftus 2016.
Illustrated London News. Performed at Confidencen, Ulriksdal Royal Palace, Stockholm.
Festival O/Modernt, 2016, Handel and the Art of Borrowing.
Battersea Bridge from Battersea Park.
Photo © Debbie Loftus 2016.