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Baroque Box

Concept, Text and Direction by Jacek Ludwig Scarso
Presented by Elastic Theatre
Original score by Ivan Hussey performed by Celloman
Design by Nadia Malik
Dramaturgical support by Rishi Trikha
Supporting videos by Savage Mills
With Chiara D’Anna, Maya Sapone, Adam Kirkham, Madalena Pinto, Nicolas Simeha

Baroque Box invites the audience to peep into the imagination of a baroque artist, A large black box becomes the window into seventeenth century ideas about the body in science and art, through a fusion of comedy, dance-theatre and contemporary opera. Originally developed for Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios. Supported by Wellcome Trust in coproduction.

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with Greenwich+Docklands International Festival in an outdoor staging
commissioned for the Old Royal Naval College in London.
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and the “inspiration video” (Click Here to watch video)