riverrun: TheEmergencyRoom and Galway Arts Festival
Another City, Another River: riverrun Sound Designer Alma Kelliher talks about the excitement of every new performance
riverrun will have its third incarnation in
the Dublin Theatre Festival, previously having been to Galway Arts Festival and
Kilkenny Arts Festival.
For my sound design I’ve chosen to immerse
the audience in sound, as heard from within the river – the
sound of water
rushing around you, the increasing pressure of water as you dive deeper into
its depths. However, riverrun is no ordinary show. It has been described as
‘site responsive,’ adapting to each new space it inhabits, not attempting to
hide any of the cracks, lumps or bumps that an empty theatre space has.
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What will Project Arts Centre sound like?
What kind of river will we encounter? The beauty of riverrun is that I won’t
know until I get in there. It may be a violent, energetic body of water, it may
be a more languid, gentle old river.
What I do know is that each time the
creative team comes together, we start again, building a new atmosphere
together so that riverrun is never the same twice. I live mix the sound at each
performance, ebbing and flowing with Olwen so if she swims faster, I rush along
with her, and if she feels like floating along for a bit, I ease the current. Whatever
the river is doing, the audience is there at every bend and every rapid,
travelling downstream with Olwen and out into the bay, part of a truly organic
experience.
Alma Kelliher, Sound Composition and Design
Images: Colm Hogan
Alma Kelliher, Sound Composition and Design
Images: Colm Hogan
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riverrun runs Oct 2-6 in Project Arts Centre
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