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Amit Drori (Israel)

Savanna:
A possible landscape
UK Premiere

Barbican Pit
Tue 22 > Sat 26 Jan 7.45pm
After-show discussion: Thu 24 Jan

Runs 60 mins / no interval
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£16
Tel: 0844 848 5226

'Ageless and enchanting'
Badische Zeitung Switzerland

'A mechanical Eden... There are "ohhhs" of wonder and delight as each new animal emerges. The observation of animals is superb, gorgeously realised in mechanical detail'
The Independent *****

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Savanna is a journey through a fantastical landscape, an African garden of Eden inhabited by beautiful, automated animals: elephants, snakes, turtles, birds, snails, moths and caterpillars.

Drori’s hand-crafted, mechanical bestiary seems to come straight from the imagination of Leonardo da Vinci; it speaks to us from a lost paradise, a place of memories and beautiful sounds.

Discreet and touching, Savanna’s two interrelated stories, exquisite robotic animals and moving sculptures, reflect human feelings and imagination. The landscape of Savanna is a metaphor for our emotions.

Amit Drori trained at the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem. Savanna is his company’s second show to be produced at Switzerland’s Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne.

Performers: Amit Drori, Laila Bettermann, Gai Sherf, Jérôme Vernez and Li Lorian.

Presented in association with the Barbican

Age guidance: 7+

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