‘This is a truly brilliant spectacle. The Witching Hour is mind-blowing.’
The Guide Liverpool.
The Witching Hour is the story of 9 Spirits created from magical folklore. In the hour between twilight and dark, these restless souls appear – in the echo of a song, a rumble of the thunder, a trick of the light.
Programming and composition Barry Han, additional composition and strings Mike Simmonds, text and additional composition Claire Raftery & Damian Wright (Periplum), additional composition Jules Deering.
‘A darkly beautiful rendition of a classic dystopian novel,
which hits you straight in the gut.’ The Stage
Inspired by Ray Bradbury’s visionary novel Fahrenheit 451, this incendiary outdoor performance recounts the story of a society in which books are banned and firemen are employed to burn them. 451 combines immersive sound and sensory theatre to depict a dystopic society where literature is outlawed and acts of violence are rewarded.
Programming and composition Barry Han, additional composition and strings Mike Simmonds, direction, text and additional sound design Claire Raftery & Damian Wright (Periplum) and Aiden O’Brien
Theatre piece aimed at primary aged children to help promote mindfulness and explore emotional resilience exercises.
A mum and her boy go camping to reconnect and tell stories about dragons. They discover that dragons like emotions are tricky beasts, sometimes they need to be tamed, and sometimes they need to be released.
Composition and sound design Barry Han.
From the Big Bang to mobile obsessed humans, Tmesis take you on a crazily transformative, fast paced, journey of our evolution. Using Tmesis’ trademark quirky, comic and entertaining physical style, with live music, this new family friendly piece is a brilliantly visual and physical spectacle for all ages, a transformational race though time! Music and sound design Barry Han and Meike Holzmann