A Kyoto theatre group and Deptford musicians collaborating on double bill in London and Stroud in September 2016

117 – one one seven and Ghost House Gone House – Rediscover local memory as the story of an outsider.

This double bill theatre and music event, presented by Kyoto-based theatre group, BRDG and Deptford-based music duo, Rabbit will tour Stroud, New Cross and Kyoto. Both pieces are based around an old Victorian house which used to exist at 117 Lewisham Way, New Cross, London, and the family which used to live there.

Monday, 12th September 2016 at Stroud Valleys Artspace
Friday-Sunday, 16th -18th September 2016 at Lewisham Arthouse

You can view the double bill publicity flyer here.

About  “117 – one one seven”

This is a play based on interviews with a British woman who has been living in Kyoto since 1989. It introduces her life and her old house at 117 Lewisham Way, which used to exist in New Cross, London. During the play, the recorded voices of interviews are played over, and Japanese actors interpret them into Japanese and English. As the play unfolds, this act of “interpreting” transforms into “acting”. The memory of New Cross traveled overseas with her, and now it is going to be re-told to the people in UK as the story of “an outsider”.

About “Ghost House Gone House”

Two simultaneous films documenting 117 Lewisham Way, a Victorian Villa and lost local landmark in the year prior to its demolition. The films were shot by David Aylward (drums and percussion) and Tom Scott-Kendrick (reeds, strings and electronics) who will also provide a live soundtrack including field recordings made at 117 Lewisham Way.

Dates and Times：
Stroud Valleys Artspace (only BRDG performance will be presented): 12th September at 8pm
Price： Stroud Valleys Artspace  £4 for adv / £5 door (£4 concessions)
Address: Stroud Valleys Artspace, 4 John Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2HA
Lewisham Arthouse: Friday 16th September 2016 at 8pm, Saturday 17th September at 8pm* and Sunday 18th September at 3pm

*On Saturday 17th at 8pm there will be a special appearance by Nick Doyne Ditmas and Adam Bohman playing with Tom Scott-Kendrick

 

Lewisham Arthouse  £7.50 adv / £8 door (£5 concessions )
Address: Lewisham Arthouse: 140 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6PD

Contact : bridge.ing11@gmail.com
Reservation: http://117ukyoto2016.tumblr.com/ticket
HP: http://117ukyoto2016.tumblr.com/ 
Crowd Funding: https://motion-gallery.net/projects/117uktour

About BRDG：

Keiko Yamaguchi (director, actor) and Kano Kawanabe (co-ordinator) founded BRDG in 2011. Creating works under the theme of “Foreigners in Kyoto”the “423 (Shitsumi) Art Project” in rural Kyoto has seen her produce workshops and events for children and local people (http://423art.org ).

In “1117- one one seven”, Bridget Scott, Hiromi Demura and Tatsunori Imamura perform and Toru Koda is the sound operator.

About Rabbit：

RABBIT are Tom Scott-Kendrick (reeds, samplers etc) and David Aylward (drums, percussion etc). They have played together since the mid 80s and are a sort of contemporary, experimental urban folk music group, merging and mutating genres in an on-going dialogue of sound and music.

Supported by: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation

Special supporters： Bred in the Bone, Rose Bruford College, Lewisham Arthouse