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Dateline: 12th October, 2008
York YT Site-Specific Production Long ago there was only darkness, but the world was curious to see what it looked like and so the age of making suns began. Back then there were many suns to choose from, but one by one they tumbled from the sky and their brilliant careers lie forgotten in the shadows. Now these fallen giants rise again to share their strange histories. Discover the secret lives of the sun as ten scorching solar legends emerge from eclipse to light up the dark Minster with blazing revelations of ambition, courage, betrayal and sacrifice. Some will come to meet you. Some wait in the shadows for you to find them. How many can you spot before the lights go out? Following on from the success of The Railway Children, York Theatre Royal is to present a new site-specific production of Richard Hurford’s Secret Solstice. Commissioned by York Theatre Royal for performance by its Youth Theatre, this production will be directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons and Julian Ollive for one of the most unusual theatre spaces in York: the multi-storey Piccadilly Car park. Produced as part of the Illuminating York festival which aims to promote the city’s exciting contemporary culture after dark this piece of promenade theatre tours the audience around this unusual space from Friday 24th October to Saturday 1st November each evening at 8pm (no performance on Sunday 26th & Wednesday 29th). The new production will have a combined cast of fifty (two casts of 25 performing on alternate nights), aged 14-16. Director, Owen Calvert-Lyons, said about the project, “The Illuminate project has always set out to encourage art in unusual spaces, to encourage people to explore parts of this city after dark that they wouldn’t normally go to. That’s very much what we’re doing with this location. For the play to work, we needed a huge space and one that could be kept fairly dark- a multi-storey car park perfectly fits the bill. Audience members will be able to roam around the space and discover stories and actors. There is no set route, there is no guide telling you where to go. You can see what you want, in the order you want to see it.” People attending are asked to meet at Coppergate entrance between Topshop and Fenwicks, and are asked to bring torches with them to help illuminate the performance. Tickets, from the Theatre Royal box office, are £6 (£4 conc).
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