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Starting at dusk and ending at dawn, Nocturne is a journey into the wild side of the city and the creatures that reside there.
As the sun sets and darkness forms audiences are invited to disappear into the underworld, slipping through the concrete and electricity, streetlights and supermarkets in search of something other. Within the shadows and undergrowth we are drawn a stranger and less familiar place where perspectives shift on our urban landscape.

Created by an international team of artists led by Krista Burāne (Latvia) and Andy Field (UK), including collaborators set designer Ieva Kauliņa (Latvia) and choreographer Erik Eriksson (Sweden) and developed through conversations with night workers, ecologists and the local inhabitants of Deptford, Nocturne is a different kind of theatrical encounter. Part performance, part walk, part workshop, it is a song of the night and the creatures that inhabit it.

Nocturne premieres June 27-29 in LIFT festival, London:
https://www.liftfestival.com/events/nocturne

An Urban Heat project, supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Nocturne will be adapted and presented in three different cities – London, Riga and Reykjavik.

The performance in London is presented and produced by LIFT and The Albany, Deptford. Co-commissioned by LIFT, Lokal and Homo Novus.

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