Ice Road
Voices and Sounds of Leningrad
Leningrad. 1942. The siege has begun… In the wreckage of an old apartment block, four orphans are compelled to join forces to survive the murderous Leningrad blockade. Through a cruel winter, enemy shelling and gnawing hunger, Leah, Zoya, Tati and Kub fantasise of escape on the only road out of the city – the ice road
Harnessing Russian folklore and historical witness accounts, Ice Road fuses performance, creative technology, original music, film and aroma to tell the story of the children war leaves behind.
A collaboration with Raucous to explore and deliver new ways of including the audience in the delivery of narrative. Each audience member was given an (IoT) object that plays an important dramaturgical role in the story.
Date:
2017
Materials:
MDF Painted
Fender Amp Speaker Fabric
Repurposed Technologies
Dimensions:
150mm x 150mm
Cast
Heledd Gwynn
Elin Phillips
Roanna Lewis
Alex York
Role:
Object, Experience Design, Creative Technology
Lead Organisation:
Raucous
Collaborators
Writer: Sharon Clark
Director: Kate Hewitt
Show Design: Conor Murphy
Sound Design: Timothy X Atack
Lighting: Ben Pacey
Projection: by Limbic Cinema
Film: Jack Offord
Script development: Tanuja Amarasuriya