Fault Lines
The STAGE 50 Best Shows of 2022 - touring category
A fashion show on the fracture between feminism and fabric. A catwalk which takes you from big beats to near silence. Five womxn take to the stage on a catwalk like no other! Garments flow, hair is pulled up, let loose, let free! Jazzy moves, heartfelt stories and heart-throbbing energy fills the room.
Navigate your own sound path through a performance featuring five strong women from different walks of life. Using your mobile and headphones, choose between music and stories which offer contrasting positions on the parade of costumes and identities on stage. Curate your own journey through a runway show of people like you and people you’ll never know, with a soundtrack selected by you.
"pure joy; and the sense of freedom that only comes when we bring our pure creativity to bear on the world around us, and succeed in shifting it, ever so slightly, on its axis." ★★★★ - The Scotsman
"What is it all about? Everything, really. Emotions and experiences, moments and memories. The whole thing is a delirious, disorienting dive into female histories, female identities, female expression. A riotous ritual. A chaotic catwalk." ★★★★ - The Stage
"women exploring their real, complicated, multi-faceted, and terrifyingly glorious truths" ★★★★★ - The Scottish Play
and from audience members...
"Loved it - moving, celebratory, and each piece of sound seemed to fit no matter what you listened to"
"I thought it was AMAZING! very layered and multi faceted. I want to see the show more times to listen to all the tracks and find out more"
"Absolutely loved Fault Lines from @2destlang last night - one of the most ingenious and joyful shows I’ve seen in yonks. Five flip-betweenable audio channels, a catwalk, and some very clever, brain bending choreography "
"Super different! I felt open, warm, empowered, confronted, challenged, educated and all the goodies that art invites us to experience"
"ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! I could watch it a million times over. I had no idea what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. The music was great and I loved the multiple messages throughout. AND THE DJ's T-SHIRTS!"
"ALL the feelings. Gut wrenching + laugh out loud which turns in an instant ....themes of power, control but in ways I have never seen on stage before."
credits
Conceived, created, written, designed and directed by Alister Lownie and Katherina Radeva with the performers
sound design by Tim Blazdell
lighting by Marty Langthorne
costume making by Rositza Radeva
BSL consultant Mo McGaritty
Photos by Beth Chalmers
Devised with Cindy Awor, Rachel Glover, Hannah Yahya Hassan, Emmy Lahouel, Welly O'Brien, Emma Jayne Park, Damyana Radeva, Caroline Ryan and Irina Vartopeanu
Workshop collaborators: Hannah Goudie-Hunter, Jaye Kearney, Colly Metcalfe, Emilia Nurmukhametova, Welly O'Brien, Toni-Dee Paul with BSL interpretation by Caroline Ryan and Jenna Johnson
Funded by Creative Scotland
Co-commissioned by Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and Attenborough Arts, Leicester
Remounted in 2022 with support from Platform, Glasgow
Supported by Lancaster Arts, ARC Stockton, Cambridge Junction, Lyth Arts Centre and The Beacon Greenock
with development support from Hull Truck and funding from Arts Council England
performance history
