13 Objects: Studies in Servitude
Howard Barker takes 13 ordinary objects as the stimulus for a series of short plays that explore the hypnotic power such everyday items can possess for people in extreme and overwhelming circumstances. Each object becomes charged with a talismanic power as the characters experience a dizzying range of complex emotions, expressed through Barker’s brilliant and unique poetic language and black humour. DMU@BMC BA Performing Arts students are staging 7 of these 13 short plays.
Performed by De Montfort University BA Performing Arts students
An associate college of De Montfort University, Brooksby Melton College has delivered the BA Performing Arts degree for over 15 years. This innovative and interdisciplinary course engages with contemporary theatre and dance in both theory and practice. In 2008 the students staged a full production of Barker’s The Last Supper, directed by Peter Groves.
Director - Peter Groves
Peter Groves, Lecturer in Drama, has a long-standing interest in teaching, directing and researching Barker’s theatre. His recent research paper on Mysticism, Meister Eckhart and the Theatre of Howard Barker: Making Faith from God’s Absence was presented at the Howard Barker’s Art of Theatre international conference at Aberystwyth University in July 2009.
Melton Theatre
Melton Theatre is a 340 seat professional venue located in the centre of the historic market town of Melton Mowbray.
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