Description
Afrit Nebula presents 'Sleepwalk: The Dream of Lady Macbeth'
From the makers of last year’s acclaimed The Spirit in the Dust – a new performance
featuring dance artist Yanaëlle Ritter as Lady Macbeth, with music from the trio Afrit
Nebula and lighting/moving images by film-maker Mark French.
Based on an original concept and musical composition by Elaine Edwards, the piece re-
imagines the sleepwalk scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the context of the horrors of the present day: wars, famine, climate emergency. It references and evokes many other aspects of Shakespeare’s tragedy, not least the return of Birnam Wood at the end – in this case Nature’s response to humanity’s ravages.
Performance details
About the creators
Afrit Nebula (Elaine Edwards, Ken Edwards, Yair Katz) are a band whose adventurous,
original music is influenced by avant-jazz, rock, Middle Eastern and Afro-Cuban styles. Matthew Wright in Jazz Journal said in 2022: “Strong bass lines from Ken Edwards and Yair Katz’s lively drumming form a bedrock on which the sinuous lines of Elaine Edwards’
soprano sax flourish, with Dervish-like circular excursions.”
Mark French is a director of arts and music documentaries. He is film curator for Hastings
Coastal Currents Festival and Hastings Filmmakers. He has worked with artists Laetitia Yhap and Roland Jarvis and musician Trevor Watts as well as on many films and TV shows.
Cost
Event Location
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43-49 Norman Road, Saint Leonards-on-sea, UK
Organiser
Address
- Kino-Teatr
- 43-49 Norman Road
- St Leonards-on-Sea
- TN38 0EQ
