Set, lighting, Costume, & Video Projections Design
Produced by National Theatre Wales, and presented at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and at the Southbank Centre, London.
Written by Kaite O’Reilly, directed by John McGrath, Movement Director Nigel Charnock, Associate Choreographer Catherine Bennett.
An Unlimited commission for the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival.
Cast: Mat Fraser, Karina Jones, Nick Phillips, Sophie Stone, David Toole, and Mandy Colleran (sidelined by injury.)
Special thanks to Aaron “Wheelz†Fotheringham, and Michael Prickett for additional video footage.
In Water I’m Weightless is based on a series of monologues by Kaite O’Reilly, which were inspired by the imagination, experience and attitudes of disabled people across the UK. The show takes a provocative look at the body, and is performed by a cast of six outstanding Deaf and disabled performers.
The poetic, poignant, and at times explosively funny texts explore the endless possibilities of human difference.
Video Composite of the Penultimate Scene