There’s a growing dark cloud above the Rosenberg house. Two women – one dead, one alive – need to reconcile their differences to remove it and let in new life…
‘Likely to be one of the most compelling things you hear all year’ Herald Scotland
‘Raz is as Perceptive of the personal as she is the political’ Now Then Magazine
‘Nothing short of Astonishing’ Exposed Magazine
Drawing on personal experiences, original new writing and film-making underpinned by a live looped soundscape, Unnatural Cycles – A Ghost Story is a nuanced exploration of infertility, faith and what it means to bear the weight of inherited generational trauma.
Unnatural Cycles emerged from a dream in which Avital met her Grandmother, followed by a year of listening to old cassettes in which she was interviewed about her experiences surviving the Jewish Holocaust. Unnatural Cycles was developed during 2021 through commissions from Sheffield Theatres, Contact, Lancaster Arts and National Lottery funding.
Credits
Written, performed and original music by Avital Raz
Directed by Gillian Lees
Dramaturgy by Peader Kirk and Gillian Lees Videography by Chris Davis
Images by Darren Andrews
WEDNESDAY 25TH JANUARY 2023 from 8pm