2016
Theatre of the Tender completes a trilogy of films inspired by mirror-touch synaesthesia, the neurological phenomenon in which observed touch to other bodies and objects is palpably felt. The film implicitly and explicitly asks questions around the meaning of created images, shared languages, and communities. From a theatre workshop based on Augosto Boal’s ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ techniques, we depart to watch two individuals navigating solitude, one in the mountains and the other in the city’s underground.
Cast
Anamaria Marinca
Myles Westman
Flora Nicholson
Nina Fog
Flo Brooks
James Wannerton
Valeria Napoleone
Crew
Director of Photography
Emma Dalesman
Editor
Guy Ducker
Sound Editor
Franziska Treutler
Composer
Zeena Parkins
Production
Pundersons Gardens
Line Producer
Marcus Werner Hed
Production Manager
Isabella Palmer
Art Director
Billur Turan
Additional Camerawork
Peter Emery
First Camera Assistants
Peter Lowden
Karl Hui
Ralph Messer
Emil Davidoff
Second Assistant Camera
Joe Douglas
Gaffer
Antti Janhunen
Spark
Laurentiu Maria
Sound Recordists
Jake Whitelee
Don Nelson
Boom Operator
Juliet Plumptre
Camera Trainee
Filippo Maso
Production Assistant
Francesca Costa
Stills Photographer
Thierry Bal
Thanks to:
Anne McNulty
Frances Rifkin
Elinor Cleghorn
Laban Dance Centre
Kodak
Ruskin School of Art
Nicholas Oliviere
Funded by:
The Arts and Humanities Research Council