Theatre

WOLVES WITH Helen Denerley

Theatre collaborations. Around 1999, Helen Denerley suggested the generous idea of collaboration for a piece of theatre at the Highland Festival. We had frequently argued the superiority of 3D or 2D art (sculpture versus painting), yet usually reached agreement that perhaps music had a slight edge over both antagonists. To cement such spirit of accord, Helen invited Jonny Hardie to fiddle, Caroline Reagh to dance, Mick Andrew to light and, to keep some form of cohesion, Andi Ross to direct. Caroline and Jonny invented many and varied themes among Helen's metal wolves, enclosed within 100x14 foot of painted canvas, while Mick's lighting cued everything to the focus of the drama. It was billed to be in the spirit of wildness, which convenient term allowed for some leeway of definition as to the successful fusion of such divergent disciplines... I cannot remember what the critics made of it, yet it certainly hit most meanings of 'wild'!

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Running with Wolves