Mantle

2014

Theatre, Performance

Artist/s: My Darling Patricia

Co-creator, writing and narration                    Halcyon Macleod

Co-creator and images                                        Clare Britton

Lighting design                                                     Matt Marshall

Composition and sound design                        Jack Prest

Performed and choreographed                        Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal

Dramaturg and Script Editor:                            Janice Muller

Artistic consultants                                              Alice Osborne and Chris Ryan

Produced for My Darling Patricia by                Marguerite Pepper

Gymea Lily Design and fabrication                   Bridget Dolan

Hair and makeup                                                 Tania Bowers

Mantle will weave dance, narration, sound composition and a striking set design into a highly visual and poetic theatrical experience. Mantle will begin in complete darkness, transporting the audience to the inner core of the Earth. From this inner core, the audience will follow the journey of one woman as she travels to the Earth’s surface. From the dark inner core, to the heated and tumultuous mantle, to the Earth’s crust, her journey will move through the Earth’s structure and traverse geological time and shifting physical states. The audience will travel with her, from the core of darkness to the lighted surface through a series of compelling images and an epic soundscape.

This new theatre work explores the psychological and physical linking of local geology and people. Contemplating the vastness of geological time and notions of surfacing and light, My Darling Patricia has created a work that plunges into what lies beneath our feet.

Mantle is My Daring Patricia’s eighth major production and is produced in partnership with Campbelltown Arts Centre.