More Than Two: Omnibus
December 11th — 16th 2018, With LalahSimone Springer, Patrick O’Reilly, Naoko Nomoto, Molly Ward, Yasmine Holness-Dove and Loz Chandler (Dramaturgy: Shamira Turner, Featuring Mike Thomasson)
FreeStage on Level G
More Than Two: Omnibus is a performance of all the ‘episodes’ developed as part of Johnson’s project More Than Two initiated in June 2017. Episodes are based on the accounts of a constellation of individuals who mediate ‘alternative relationships’ via screens. Using earpieces, the performers reproduce the words, utterances, intonation and pacing of conversations alongside musical accompaniment. Subjects such as coming out, sex apps and reproduction are handled with humour and anxiety.
Sound recordings from discussions, interviews and real dates inform the piece, with interviewees becoming embedded overtime, eventually becoming collaborators and devising the musical elements of the performance.
Previous episodes of More Than Two have taken the form of a 16-minute performance in the Barbican’s Fountain Room in November 2017, a live radio broadcast on Eddie Peake’s Hymn Show, and an exhibition at Almanac Project Space (both 2018). Each episode builds sequentially on the last.
The performance duration is approximately 50 minutes and will be presented by the full cast of project collaborators.