In The Loop and Fag Break

sun 23 feb 2020
quarterhouse auditorium
15:00 - 16:30 (15:35 Q&A)

Local performer and composer Anna Braithwaite has been a feature at Profound Sound since our first festival in 2016. Creating inspired and unconventional live performances to a packed-out room we expect this year to be no different.

In The Loop is the latest manifestation of an ongoing, iterative project intended to continually metamorphose and develop in unexpected directions. Expect a unique one-off performance where warped tape loops, fine art, voice and dance spontaneously interprets the music in real-time. Making it unclear who is leading who, watch and listen to Anna Braithwaite, artist Helen Lindon and dancer Luke Birch react to each other live, creating multiple feedback loops until the process becomes completely egalitarian.

'Fag Break' is a musical game performed by musicians Rebecca Askew and Anna Braithwaite and two randomly self-selected audience members. As with many games, it is an interplay between playing by the rules and blind chance, but unlike most compositions it sounds different each time it’s played. Each person has their instructions but nothing happens until the dice is rolled.

This second incarnation will also be site-specific has been specially adapted for the Quarterhouse and the Profound Sound Festival.

Performer, improviser and theatre-maker, Rebecca Askew was commissioned to write 'Fag Break' for Plovdiv 2019 (European City of Culture). Its first performance was in a former tobacco factory, and featured lighters, cigarette packets, ominous percussion and echoes of Otis Redding’s 'Cigarettes and Coffee'.

Tickets: £6
Also part of the £15 festival pass (info below)
All Ages

*Book Kirkman Quartet: In the Darkness Let Me Dwell, Hrím, Miguel Noya and In the Loop & Fag Break, all for only £15! To take advantage of this offer, add all the events you want to attend to your basket and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. All other events are free-to-attend. This offer includes all paid events & free events. Please note, some free events have limited capacity so will still need to be booked separately in advance. Drop-in events require no registration & therefore are not part of the pass.*