What Lola Heard: Theatrical Sounds of Climate Change

Sydney Environment Institute in partnership with The Living Room Theatre presents ‘What Lola Heard’ – the second artistic work from a SSSHARC funded Pop-up Research Lab. ‘What Lola Heard: Theatrical Sounds from Climate Change’, was a fascinating insight into the creative process in contemporary theatre – part public talk, part installation, part concert, the evening brought together internationally acclaimed improvising musicians in conversation with David Roesner, Professor of Theatre Studies at LMU Munich and Michelle St Anne, Artistic Director of The Living Room Theatre. This conversation was framed by two sets by the musicians performing compositions from The Living Room Theatre’s environmental works and a collective improvisation around Lawrence English’s soundscape from ‘Black Crows Invaded our Country’. Alister Spence – prepared piano and samples Mary Rapp – cello, double bass and voice Alexandra Spence – field recordings, tapes and amplified objects This event brought audiences into an environment of the ear; an auditory journey into the realities of radical climate instability revealing an insightful musical embodiment of climate knowledge. For more information about this event click here.Timestamps 00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Lian Loke 03:05 Michelle St Anne’s Methodology and the Beginning of Lola 10:45 David Roesner’s Composed Theatre Methodology 14:35 Feeling Vibrations and Activating Senses 19:35 Knowledge Translation 23:45 The Ups and Down of Rehearsal Speakers Associate Professor Lian Loke, University of Sydney Killian Quigley (Chair), Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute David Roesner, LMU Munich Michelle St Anne, The Living Room Theatre and Sydney Environment Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.