The Spark Children's Arts Festival asked Speakeasy's Artistic Director, Andy Reeves to comment on their forthcoming interactive installation based performance 'Visitor'.
Speakeasy will be working with Movers, their Learning Disabled Theatre Company, to create a mesmerising interacvtive experience.
Here's what Andy had to say,
"We're tremendously excited about 'Visitor'. We're trying to make a piece of theatre which, though it's imagined, devised and performed by Learning Disabled artists, will be a great audience experience for everyone.
Movers have gained a lot of fans over the last five years, fans of them not just as Disabled artists but as performers full stop. 'Visitor' gives the audience the chance to get closer to the action, interact with characters and technology in a dream-like, woodland setting. Our goal is for everyone - disabled, non-disabled, young, old - to come out with a smile on the outside and a warm feeling inside!
People entering the magical forest world of 'Visitor' will find so much to interact with - characters, technology, 'softer' things like material and colours - but they will be able to join in with as much or as little as they like. It won't be traditional audience participation, where people can end up feeling forced to join in.
What we're trying to do is to create a piece of theatre which really is for everyone. It might be made by disabled people, it might be perfect for a disabled audience - but it can be perfect for everyone else too."
'Visitor' will be premiering on 1st and 2nd June 2011 at 10am, 1pm and 3pm each day, at Embrace Arts, Lancaster Rd, Leicester as part of the Spark Children's Arts Festival.
Tickets are priced at £5, or £16 for 2 adults and 2 children, and can be booked by calling Embrace Arts on 0116 252 2455.
Movers are Leicester's Learning Disabled Theatre Company, facilitated by Speakeasy, and based at Embrace Arts.
