On Ageing
A show for adults,
performed by children
From 27 September 2010
On sale now
Ali Beale
Design
David Harradine
Direction & design
Ged Barry
Music
Hansjorg Schmidt
Lighting
Mark Webber
Film
Sam Butler
Direction & design
Synne Behrndt
Dramaturg
A Fevered Sleep/Young Vic co-production in association with Fuel
Film
Direction & design
Dramaturg
On Ageing is a theatre piece about time, change and ageing, performed by children.
From the moment we’re born, we’re growing, we’re ageing. Nothing ever stays the same.
As an empty room is filled with hundreds of memories, a group of extraordinary performers create a journey through life over the course of a show. Capturing those fleeting moments when we feel most alive, rediscover what it means to grow, to change, to age.
With the energy, joy and brutal honesty that comes only from children, On Ageing turns a sequence of images, ideas and emotions into a visual poem that stretches back to the past and out into the future.
“It’s hard not to be seduced by this company’s vision”
The Independent on An Infinite Line: Brighton, 2008
Performed by seven children aged between 7 and 12, On Ageing is not a piece of theatre for children, nor is it a participatory or community project: rather it is a fully formed and fully resourced devised performance for adults, which just happens to place non-adult, non-professional performers at it’s heart.
On Ageing has been created through an eighteen-month devising process, working closely with children, parents, grandparents, other artists, elders, and an advisory group of gerontologists.
On sale now
Tickets – £17.50 / Previews (27 & 28 September) – £10
Book online at www.youngvic.org
On Ageing symposium – Join us for the matinee performance on Sat 02 October for a unique opportunity to discuss the themes and process behind On Ageing. Check back for more details.