The Wake

by Eclipse Collective

A myth for the modern world.

The Eclipse Collective is a group of 8 creatives, who share experience in devising, performance and design. The group includes students on Drama and Theatre Arts, Performance Politics and Society and Erasmus programs. Eclipse Collective investigates the place of nature and ritual in the modern world through devised physical theatre performance.

“The land has always existed. It just is. It needs no help from us. In every speck of its being it is fully present, fully manifested. The choice is ours whether we wish to engage with it in a meaningful way or merely accept it as a backdrop to our lives.” - Manchán Magan

The Wake is a physical theatre performance that explores how we might reawaken our connection to the land, the myths and the histories around it by embracing natural life cycles and forgotten ritual. Taking inspiration from artists such as Pina Bausch and Sasha Waltz, Eclipse Collective, a group of 8 theatre-makers, presents a devised physical theatre performance that comes together with adapted text from T.S.Eliot and Samuel Beckett to present a myth for the modern world, where decay is embraced to make way for a new order.

Content warning: Contains themes of loss and death, use of haze and flashing lights.

Director (text): Martha Cosgrove

Movement director: Luna Laurenti

Choreographer: Martina Bizzarri

Performers:

Luna Laurenti
Martina Bizzarri
Martha Stokes
Jennifer Howe

Set design: Francesca Short

Costume design: Josh Silvani

Sound design: Maddy Xuaner Shan

Lighting design: Martha Cosgrove