i-witness
Have you ever read a book that changed your life?

Touring the UK Autumn 2009.

"A shimmeringly unusual meditation... This challenging, charismatic and suitably unclassifiable production leaves us in no doubt that books matter." The Guardian, 2008

This dark , funny piece sees a quartet of performers appeal to the audience to see things their way as they wrestle with a remarkable book that has both troubled and inspired them. i–witness is based on The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald. It's an intimate, powerful and direct performance in which the audience can see, feel and even smell the workings of the show. The cast combines technical excellence in acting and dance with boldness, risk and imaginative flair to create a visually and emotionally arresting experience. i–witness uses stringent theatrical discipline to achieve authentic, technically simple but powerful performance.

"I thought it had great pace and fantastic energy and was so seamless the way you moved from one part to the next - so many many things stay with me -... All of it was superb...” Angela Morgan Cutler (audience member)

i-witness opened on 31 October 2008 at Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, and toured the UK for six weeks. 2009 tour dates will be posted here.

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I-WITNESS and THE RINGS OF SATURN

"If we view ourselves from a great height it is frightening how little we know about our species, our purpose and our end" WG Sebald.

i-witness features Catherine Bennett, Paul Davies, Philip Ralph and Fern Smith.
Directed by John Hardwick
Design by Gerald Tyler
Film by Lucy Cash.
Co-produced by Volcano Theatre Company and Taliesin Arts Centre
i-witness is inspired by the work of WG Sebald, particularly The Rings of Saturn (Vintage, 2002) translated by Michael Hulse.
Supported by a touring grant from Arts Council England