Passages takes you on a walk into the heart of the City, where you are guided by three-strangers around the streets you once thought you knew. Part-adventure, part self-reflection- this thought-provoking audio-promenade work invites you to reflect and re-visit the fragments of life that so often pass by unnoticed. 

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Passages is a participatory audio-promenade work, created as part of a project investigating the process of collaboratively and non-hierarchically devising performance with a group of community participants (non-self-identifying artists) by drawing on the process-centric practices of contemporary theatre-makers one step at a time like this and Forced Entertainment. Throughout the piece, audience members are led around the heart of Galway. Audience members are asked to bring their mobile phone and a pair of headphones through which they listen to a series of pre-recorded tracks (link provided at time of booking). Three performers interact with the audience at various points throughout their journey- guiding them through virtual and live interaction. 

 

This project is a collaboration between 3 community participants living in Galway City and war/war/war Theatre. The work is generated around the lived perspectives of 3 young people from different backgrounds, and invites audiences to reflect on passages from their lives.

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The work was created with COVID-19 restrictions in mind, and can be performed live for one audience member at a time, adhering to appropriate social distancing.

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 An alternative (virtual) rendition of the piece is currently being devised, allowing performances to occur in any outdoor location, without the presence of live performers. This rendition  premiered at the International Federation of Theatre Research conference in NUI Galway 2021.