*Tactile Tour and Audio Described Performance - The Voices of
Joan of Arc*
An accessible performance of The Voices of Joan of Arc will be
presented
for people experiencing blindness or low vision on Friday 13 May.
A tactile
tour will be led by the artists from 2:15pm and the audio
described
performance will begin at 3pm with a one hour running time. The
venue is
wheelchair accessible.
In this intimate performance, actor and theatre maker Janie
Gibson delves
into the past to channel the voices of Joan of Arc. Weaving
together song,
story, text and music, Gibson gives voice to Joan's own words as
captured
in the detailed transcript of her trial for heresy.
Together with electric violinist and vocalist Xani Kolac (The
Twoks) we
enter a musical world of wild lamentation, devotional hymns and
original
compositions. Women's voices meet in transcendent harmonies
that pierce the
night air, underscored by violin and echoing bells, and driven by
the
pounding drums of war. From the courtroom, to her prison cell,
to the
battlefields of France.
Out of the fire, we hear Joan speak.
*Show Name:* The Voices of Joan of Arc
*Date: *Friday 13 May
*Time:* Tactile tour 2:15pm, audio described performance 3pm -
4pm
*Venue:* Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote
*Ticket Prices:* $28 full, $23 concession
*Bookings and further information:
**http://2016.nextwave.org.au/artists/ -
event=302* <http://2016.nextwave.org.au/artists/#event=302
*Warnings:* Contains nudity, violent imagery and a replica weapon
*Access:* Wheelchair accessible, assistive listening
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