Falling Heads
Once, there were only the people of the Wild Boars. As the oracle predicted, the river marked the schism of those who crossed over—the People of the Sunflowers. Time comes and they return to conquer the rich lands of their descendants, to teach the Wild Boar children their pure thought geometries—a view divided, the senses split, a soul cut by an orphaned hand.
Falling Heads questions whether a mind/body dualism, in which the mind is seen as superior, becomes a propagandised justification for aggressive colonisation. Our story follows advocates of ‘pure thought’, the Sunflowers, who colonise the lands of their ancestors, the people of the Wild Boars. Tomas and Steph are separated twins, a poet-dissident and a regime sympathiser—together they seek wholeness in a divided world.
An allegory arising from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's 1917 short story, Falling Heads is a co-devised work directed by Matthew Crosby, current contributing artists, Damon Branecki, Alexandra Clouston, Tessa Marie Luminati and Angelique Zhou.
Second stage Salon took place on the July 2024… thanks to all our friends who joined us. We plan our next Salon in February 2025 with a season in June.
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Shadowplay Tessa Marie Luminati, Alexandra Clouston, Angelique Zhou (puppetry)
The forces engage; Touch: Alexandra Clouston, Angelique Zhou, Damon Branecki, Tessa Marie Lumati
Damon Branecki—Tomasz the Poet
The forces march
Shadowplay: Angelique Zhou, Damon Branecki (puppetry)
Angelique Zhou (puppetry)
Alexandra Clouston, Damon Branecki
The forces engage; Touch: Angelique Zhou, Damon Branecki, Tessa Marie Luminati, Alexandra Clouston
Angelique Zhou—the Oracle
Tomasz the dissident is taken: Damon Branecki, Tessa Marie Luminati, Alexandra Clouston
