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I WOKE UP THIS MORNING (2019) IS A 20 MINUTE MUSICAL PLAY ABOUT HARMONY, DISHARMONY, AND FALLING IN AND OUT OF TIME. IT FOLLOWS SIX MEMBERS OF A FICTIONAL GAY MEN’S CHOIR AS THEY LEARN, REPEAT AND PERFECT A HARMONY. WHILE THEY WORK TOGETHER, THEY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF CONNECTION, ALIENATION AND SHAME IN A COMMUNITY WHERE MARRIAGE EQUALITY, GENTRIFICATION,-UP APPS AND CHEMSEX ARE CHANGING THE WAYS THEY RELATE.
PERFORMED BY MARK AMURA, JOSHUA ANDRAOS, ROBERT HIDER, MARLON KAMEKA, FELIX PILGRIM AND SIMON TIPPING. WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY EDWARD THOMASSON. MUSIC BY SOOSAN LOLOVAR. MUSICAL DIRECTION BY TIM JACKSON PERFORMED AT ST PAULS CHURCH HALL IN CLAPHAM AND THE FOURM IN SOUTHEND–ON–SEA. CO-COMMISSIONED BY STUDIO VOLTAIRE AND FOCAL POINT GALLERY. SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND AND THE ELEPHANT TRUST. PHOTO: LEWIS RONALD, ST PAULS CHURCH HALL, CLAPHAM, 2019. |
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