The Alonetime

The Alonetime takes six extraordinary performers through a network of memories, times and parallel worlds: a druid at the fire of broken iPads, two boys playing the piano just before the meteorite impact, the voice of a lost love in a walkie-talkie. Scenes such as found objects of a personal past. For this project, two highly exciting and very different composers come together: Jennifer Walshe and Philip Venables explore loneliness in their new musical theatre — sharpened by permanent digital presence, reinforced by pandemic and crises. The soloists appear as fragile time travelers, a “broken consort” that only resonates together. In music, language and movement, they reveal buried stories — funny, painful, tender. An evening about letting go of old burdens and realizing that loneliness can only be overcome together. Walshe and Venables combine their passion for collage, voice and direct, open musical theatre. Personal experiences are woven into a lively network in which no one exists without the others. Broken ties and lost memories create a new form of community.

Music theatre by Jennifer Walshe and Philip Venables