Ivy returns to Skegness, the place of her youth and takes us on a day-trip through her dreams and memories.
From the 1920s Seaview Guesthouse, a stop over for summer season performers and fugitives from justice, to the wartime dance hall, the magical pier and the strange xylophone playing albino sisters Ivy takes the audience on a the nostalgic journey to the eccentric world of the British seaside.
Puppets and live performance, soundscape and installation create humourous, melancholic and touching moments. Day Return explored issues of memory, identity, growing old and the relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit.
Day Return has been performed in its various guises at:
Victoria Studios, Nottingham
Shunt Lounge, London
The Bathing Beauties Festival, Lincolnshire
Tynemouth Metro Station, North Tyneside (installation)
Puppet Grinder Cabaret, The Little Angel Theatre, London
The Brit Awards 2008, After show party, London
All production images courtesy of Vicki Smith vickismith_design@yahoo.co.uk
Day Return original cast:
Oliver Chapman
Lydia Denno
Alison Garner
Anna Harding
Sophie Phillips
Kimberley Turner
Verity Quinn
Devised & designed by the company.
