Since the invention of photography we have collectively
taken over 3.5 trillion photographs. Total Theatre Award nominated Idle Motion
search within these snapshots to expose one of the most remarkable untold stories
of our age.
It is 1933 and a young German refugee flees to Paris,
reinventing herself as Gerda Taro. Discovering the wonder of photography, she
falls in love with a fellow refugee who teaches her, if your pictures arent
good enough, you arent close enough
Together they venture to the Spanish Civil War and capture
the tyranny of fascism. As pioneers of frontline photo journalism, he would go
on to receive international recognition as the iconic war photographer Robert
Capa she would be forgotten.
Using innovative staging, physicality and multimedia,
internationally renowned company Idle Motion piece together the life of an
exceptional woman, glimpsed through the lost photographs she risked her life to
take.
Such an engaging and inventive young company
[
] this show is as heartfelt and passionate as Taro herself. LYN GARDNER, THE
GUARDIAN
Idle Motion bring Gerda Taros unique
and long-neglected story to light in a brilliant and imaginative way. BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
Innovative tricks and tactics that
lucidly dazzles their audience into goose pimple-induced awe. A YOUNGER THEATRE
| Date: | Thursday 22 September 2016 |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
| Venue: | The Quarry Theatre |
| Cost: | £12 (£10 concessions) |
| Tickets: |
01234 362337 |
| Running Time: | 85mins (no interval) |
| Age Suitability: | 13 yrs + (some strong language) |