Take a Deep Breath
Conceived and directed by Mark Murphy
We were thrilled to be invited by Mark Murphy to work on his new show Take A deep Breath. A project that explores the potential for a new, theatre-based aerial show.
Produced by Hannah Bruce. Supported by the ‘Trigger’ commission at Warwick Arts Centre with China Plate.
Mark Murphy has been making trail blazing, genre-defying work for over 20 years, most recently writing and directing the dazzling opening ceremony for the European Capital of Culture in Finland.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH from Mark Murphy.
Mark returns to Warwick Arts Centre to begin work on a brand new project Take A Deep Breath. Along with aerialist Simone Jenkinson, rigger to the stars Barnz and animator David Prosser from Bafta award-winning Studio AKA, Mark takes us deep into the death-defying world of free diving.
Most adults can hold their breath for forty five seconds, record breaking free divers are capable of holding their breath beyond ten minutes and have swam to depths of over two hundred metres.
I am flying down towards the darkness, I am the sea, I am the water, I am the deep. And I am free.
This internationally renowned team of artists invite you to see the first strokes in a work-in-progress showing of breathtaking aerial performance and interactive animation.