A list of song choices.
A microphone and a screen.
An untrained voice.
No rehearsal.
A performance for friends, strangers and no one.
A socially accepted way to 'get in your body'.
A social or an individualistic act.
A transgression of the every day self.
If these are some qualities that are inherent to karaoke, can these qualities be useful to humans at this moment in ecological time?
Climate Grief Karaoke was an R&D project that took place 2023.
Cambridge Junction, DISRUPT Festival, 27th May 2023 (R&D performance sharing)
The MAC Birmingham, Big Green Weekender Festival, 16th September 2023 (R&D performance sharing)
NEWS
CREDITS
Team for R&D project development and work in progress performances 2023:
Lead Artist/Concept: Katy Dye
Performer/Collaborator: Aby Watson
Performer/Collaborator: Craig Manson
Video/Captions Designer: Daniel Hughes
Sound Designer: Mark Readhead
Access Advisor: Jamie Rea
Outside Eyes: Tamara Micner
Production Manager: Livvy Lynch
Performance BSL Interpreter: Rachael Dance
Project BSL Interpreters: Chloe Elder and Kitty-Taylor Brown
Project developed with funding from Arts Council England, supported by Harlow Playhouse, Cambridge Junction and Take Me Somewhere Studio, following guidance on Sustainability from The Theatre Green Book. With thanks to The Yard Theatre Climate Works, SPILL Festival, The Sustainable Landing Hub COP26 and Totally Thames Festival Tide Changer Commission.
