Darshan Singh Bhuller - New Production 'CARAVAGGI​O EXILE AND DEATH'

Combining highly physical choreography, groundbreaking projections and a driving score, Bhuller will direct his seven-strong cast and take the audience on a journey of one man’s search for forgiveness and redemption after a lifetime’s obsession with violence, love and abandonment. ‘Caravaggio: Exile and Death’ tour dates: September 28th Nottingham Playhouse www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk October 15th Leeds Carriageworks www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk October 27th 28th Birmingham DanceXchange www.dancexchange.org.uk November 4th Newcastle Dance City www.dancecity.co.uk November 9th-12th London The Place www.theplace.org.uk November 15th Buxton Opera House www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk “My piece is a fictionalised love triangle,” explains Darshan Singh Bhuller. “Caravaggio discovers a penniless young couple whom he brings to his studio to employ as models; he takes a shine to the boy, starts to paint him, develops a physical relationship with him...but as his attention switches to the girl, jealousy and rage erupt into murder and years of exile. The piece starts with the master painter on his deathbed so the story is recalled through a series of flashbacks and imagery.” Performed by seven dancers, including the mercurial Lee Clayden as Caravaggio, Bhuller has brought in a highly creative team of collaborators including lighting designer John B. Read (Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet companies), award winning costume designer Craig Givens, renowned composers Barry Guy and Maya Homburger and graphics masters KMA all of whom are involved in re-creating the all-important chiaroscuro design – strong contrasts between light and dark – that characterised much of Caravaggio’s work. ‘Caravaggio: Exile and Death’ will be performed by Lee Clayden, Lisa Welham, Renaud Wiser, Nicholas Keegan, WeiChun Lou, Cree Barnett Williams, Harriet Bone.

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