Memory Police at the Prague Quadrennial 2023

A Walking headphone theatre based on Yoko Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police. Audience members are given headphones, placed into small groups and guided along the banks of the Vltava River. Through their headphones, audiences are immersed in the world of the performance through text, music & soundscapes. At various proximities on their journey – nearby, in the distance, over the water – the audience encounters costumed performers and props that resonate with what they hear and draw them into the world of the Memory Police themes.

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Created in collaboration with Elvar Heimisson, Amelia Kyriacou, Holly Stocker, Klaudia Witkowska and Yiping Xu, George Williams-Lane, Morgan Charlton and Olga Tomalik

 

Supported by tutors Richard Allen, Sophie Jump and Eugénie Pastor

 

Photography | Michal Hancovsky, Timna Krenn, Richard Allen