ADRIANO ADEWALE:SOUND JOURNEY

A SEGUE Production in association with the Lakeside Theatre Colchester

Combining music, theatre and dance in an innovative and unique way, join the master percussionist’s remarkable journey from Africa to South America, desert to rain forest, village to city. A virtuoso, moving and intimate performance appealing directly to the senses!

Created, composed and performed by: Adriano Adewale
Producer: Fiona Mason at SEGUE
Director, movement and staging: Kate Flatt
Dramaturge: Andrei de Almeida
Technical Manager, lighting and sound: Laura Hammond

Brazilian master percussionist Adriano Adewale is to perform a solo show of music, dance and story-telling directed by Kate Flatt. Adewale, who has created the entire show, plays an astounding array of drums and percussion instruments in extraordinary and surprising ways; the audience is unlikely to have seen or heard drain-pipes, flip-flops, bottle-tops and water employed to such unique musical and percussive  effect before.

"I’ve really gone on a personal journey in creating this show,” says Adewale. “It has been inspired by learning more about my roots and by my experience as an Afro-Brazilian artist living and working in the UK.  As a performer, Sound Journey takes me to a space where listening becomes sacred, moving becomes instinctive and imagining is just like breathing."

Sound Journey is at turns humorous, passionate and thought provoking and is a production the whole family will enjoy. The audience is led on a sonic journey which evokes the enormity of traditional landscapes and communities from Africa to South America. A mesmerising performance for the whole family which is guaranteed to awaken the senses.

ADRIANO ADEWALE:SOUND JOURNEY will be performed at festivals in the east of England prior to a two week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We are taking bookings for UK touring for Autumn 2009 and Spring 2010. Please see below for details. An education package, or bespoke education projects, are also available in addition to the performance. Please contact us for details.

Sound Journey has been developed and produced with the support of Arts Council England East, Essex County Council and Jacksons Lane London and produced by SEGUE Productions in association with the Lakeside Theatre Colchester.

Performance Dates

Booking and Technical Information:

Target audiences/market: world music, jazz, contemporary theatre, contemporary dance.

Suitability: adults, children, family audiences, schools

No. on the road: 2 (1 performer, 1 technical stage manager)

Get-in: same day

Technicians: 1 in-house technician

Dimensions: ideal minimum: 6m x 6m performance area

Terms: Guaranteed fee (negotiable) + travel and accommodation

Marketing: posters, flyers provided, copy, image,

Education: A full education programme to accompany the production is available for an additional fee.

To book Sound Journey or for more information contact Fiona Mason on: 07957 571332 or email fiona @ segue.org.uk

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