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Caroline Sabin Lifedeathlife
SWICA Carnival Night Magick: The Last Royal Wizard
Thu 30 June + Fri 1 July • 8pm Iau 30 Mehefin + Gwe 1 Gorffennaf This rich and inspiring show marks the culmination of three years of work by dance/visual artist Caroline Sabin. An avid follower of developments in science, from microbiology to cosmology, her work is inspired by the wonderment of childhood and asks the essential questions of how and why. With lyrical, dynamic movement set amidst beautiful visual imagery and studded with truly mind-blowing science — from the truth about your cells to the scale of the universe you live in — Lifedeathlife is a witty and rewarding evening of theatre. Caroline has been at the heart of the cardiff dance and theatre scene for the last 17 years, and has worked with the likes of Earthfall, Marc Rees, Eddie Ladd, Gerald Tyler, Good Cop Bad Cop and Sean Tuan John. Lifedeathlife combines a newly commissioned song from James Williams, lighting design by Gerald Tyler and a stellar performance from Earthfall regular Lara Ward.
Tue 5 July • 6pm • Maw 5 Gorff Creative carnivalists South Wales Intercultural Community Arts are gearing up for a summer of spectacular outdoor events for all the family, with flamboyant costumes and dance traditions from Brazil and Trinidad accompanied by African song and drumming, samba reggae and joyous brass. Continuing their close relationship with Chapter, SWICA have agreed to come along and perform a free show in our foyer, featuring a cosmic carnival cast of scheming magicians, angelic spirits, shadowy demons, swashbuckling adventurers and Welsh Indian warriors! The greatest thinker of the Elizabethan age Dr John Dee (played by Cardiff street entertainer Dave Id) is bedevilled by his nemesis Edward Kelley (West African dancer and drummer Idrissa Camara), who is a cunning conman and false medium. Dee is forced by Kelley to conduct scientific séances or ‘Magick’, leading to his fall from Royal favour for dabbling in the occult.
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The accompanying installation of Small Tides can be seen on Fri 1 July from 10am–5pm and on Sun 3 July from 2–7pm. Admission is free. “carefully considered, precisely drawn, brilliantly executed... she creates images that linger.” Dr heike roms
photo: Katariina Jarvinen
+ Post performance screening of the film Elizabeth — The Golden Age (see p27) at 8.30pm in Cinema 2. Normal cinema ticket prices apply. + SWICA are also giving a free performance of Magick — The Last Royal Wizard carnival-theatre show on Sun 24 July at 3pm outside the Wales Millennium Centre (as part of the Blysh Festival).
photo: Mike Fudge