Against The Tide

Graeae Theatre Company have put on many performances in 2009, but their preparation and performance of Against The Tide was specially filmed, edited and compiled by Deafeatures.

Exert from Graeae website:

Imagine an island separated from the world not by an ocean but by a vast desert. The tribe that survives here has almost forgotten what water was and every day they assemble to tell each other their stories and share their memories of water. Maybe if they remember well enough the water will come back? Aerial performance by disabled artists on the top of 4 metre high sway poles will evoke the movement of water and the ebb and flow of the tides, whilst a specially created musical soundscape, audio description and sign language interpretation will create an epic elemental environment to tell a moving story of loss and survival set in a near future that we can easily imagine.

The project was supported through the 2012 London Cultural Skills Fund, which has provided support for accompanying training for 30 Deaf and disabled artists as part of "Against the Tide".