In an Icy land of ruins, a human being and a polar bear are meeting in an encounter of surviving the Anthropocene Era. “An Ice Thing to Say” blends Ice installation, music and physical theatre to explore our impact on nature. Drawing on inspiration from Erich Fromm’s book ‘To Have or to Be?’ and Ecoscenography, we invite the audience into a multi sensory experience of our inner and outer icy landscapes. We attempt to challenge the idea that the human being is at the centre of the world and we attempt to construct an embodied inquire into ‘what has gone wrong?’
Press & Reviews
★★★★★
'Outstanding Show' Fringe Review
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'Superbly executed' A Younger Theatre
Performance Art at its Best, The Gisborne Herald, NZ
Winner of Best Experimental Film at Istanbul Film Awards (September 2021)
Winner of Best Cinematography at Experimental Dance, Music and Film Festival (2022)
Nominated for Best Experimental Film at Budapest Film Festival (2022)
Cast & Creative Team Live Performance 2023:
Devisors/Performers:
Piedad Albarracin Seiquer, Bianca Beneduzi, Alexa Kormari, Susie Fairbrother, Elena Stamoulakakou, Mayra Stergiou
Concept / Direction/ Scenography: Mayra Stergiou
Text/Poems: Piedad Albaracin Seiquer, Sussie Fairbrother, Elena Stamoulakatou, Mayra Stergiou
Co-Scenography/Costumes: Elisabeth Leau
Sound Design/ Live Music: Gregory Emfietzis
Operatic Singing: Myrto Loulaki
Light Design: Hazuki Mogan
Puppet Maker: Raven Kaliana
Mask Maker: Stella Evangelia Kasoumpi
Marketing and Communication: Alexa Kormari
Production: Vertebra Theatre, Vault Festival
Past Live Performers/Devisors: Neyire Ashworth, Paraskevi Bakis, Stella Evangelia Kasoumpi
Research consultants:
Dr Simon Donger, Prof. Dominik Halvsteen-Franklin
Mentor on Theodoros Terzopoulos Method: Savvas Stroumpos
Special Thanks to Theodoros Terzopoulos, Attis Theatre and Zero Point Theatre for the research residency of Vertebra Theatre in 2021.
Creatives of Digital Version 2020
Devised and Performed: Piedad Albarracin Seiquer, Stella Evangelia, Mayra Stergiou
Concept / Direction/ Scenography: Mayra Stergiou
Sound Designer: Gregory Emfietzis
Co-Scenography: Elisabeth Leau
Mask Maker: Stella Evangelia Kasoumpi
Singing: Myrto Loulaki
Filming/ Editing: Theo Prodromidis
Trailer Concept / Editing / Sound Design: Spyros Aronis
Image Credit: Elizabeth Leau
Touring Venues:
Cockpit Theatre, Gothenburg FF, Stockholm FF, Melbourne FF, New Zealand FF, Reykjavik FF, Oslo Salt and Art
Available for Touring