ASSEMBLE Festival: The Return
Date: Wed 8th May 2024
Time: 7.30pm - 8.25pm
Early Bird: £12.50
Standard: £14
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The Return follows a girl’s flight from her war-torn country in search of safety and belonging. For justice and freedom. Now, having settled and found a home in Britain, history comes back to haunt her as she finds herself fighting the same battles again, thirty years later.
Based on real life experiences, this devised production is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Inspired by the poem ‘The Return’ by Dobriša Cesarić.
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About the Artist
Natasha Stanic Mann is a performer and theatre maker originally from Croatia/former Yugoslavia, based in London. She combines spoken word, movement and digital art in her work. She has collaborated with many artists and companies such as SDNA and Theatralia and created cross-disciplinary solo work. Her video installation Time of Stillness was exhibited at a Desperate Artwives group exhibition and at the Croatian Embassy in London and at Worldly, Wicked and Wise Gallery. She devised and performed short pieces based on the book In Limbo – Brexit testimonies from EU citizens in the UK, at the Theatralia Jazz Festival. She founded Studio Lila and curated the Festival of Visual Theatre Labin in Croatia, which ran for eight years and hosted many eminent companies from Europe and Australia. Most recently, she has been working on a one-woman show The Return, which she conceived, devised with a creative team and co-produced. Natasha is an experienced teacher and workshop facilitator. She is passionate about exploring the potential of performing arts to be transformative and believes theatre has the power to connect people and strengthen communities.
Website: www.natashastanicmann.com
Instagram: @natashastanicmann
Twitter: @nstanicmann
Facebook: @thereturn.natashastanicmann
Credits
Written and performed by Natasha Stanic Mann
Directed by Andres Velasquez (Gecko, Theatre Re, Ephemeral Ensemble)
Lighting design by Josephine Tremelling
Sound design by Chris Prosho
Music by Iva Bittova
Event Information
Duration: 55 minutes (no interval)
Age Guidance: 12+
Specific content: Audience Interaction, References to Violence, Loud War-Related Noises
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