Underground

A promenade piece of visual theatre, inspired by Dostoyevsky’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. The story revolves around Raskolnikov, an impoverished student who commits a gruesome murder and is then forced to come to terms with his crime, himself and the society in which he lives.

UNDERGROUND explores the feverish, oppressive atmosphere and the hallucinatory, nightmarish quality of Dostoyevsky’s world through a highly visual work, which interweaves performance, film, live imagery, sound and light to create a dynamic relationship with both the audience and the space.

UNDERGROUND creates a world that is constantly shifting, like a hallucinatory dream where scenes, sounds, fragments, chance encounters and film images merge, transform or dissolve. The journey of the audience, both physical and emotional, through the world created around them is just as important as that of each protagonist.

We are grateful to all our volunteers who worked so hard on the production and for the support of all our co-commissioners.

UNDERGROUND was co-commissioned by BITE:05 Barbican, London;
Brighton Festival; Made in Brighton Ltd; South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell.
Presented in Partnership with The Open University.

Premiered at the Theatre Royal Brighton 24 May 2005.
Re-created 10 - 29 October 2005
The Old Abattoir, Clerkenwell, London
Barbican BITE:05