Open Sky Theatre
COLD
Gandini Juggling
LIFE
12 Jan - 6 Feb
Heather Henson
HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS
12 Jan - 6 FebFilm - watch online
Digital World PremiereWed 12 Jan - Sun 6 Feb
The special screening ended on 6 Feb 2022
Runs: 80 mins
Age Guidance: 14+
Free-to-view
Online symposium:
Free: Wed 2 Feb 2022 7pm
Turtle Key Arts and Courtyard Hereford present Open Sky Theatre’s feature-length film, COLD - a dark fairy tale about love, grief, madness and redemption.
From an antenatal hospital appointment a couple find themselves mysteriously transported to a stark, frozen forest. Lost, cold and hunted by a terrifying beast, they must save themselves and their unborn child. So begins a struggle for survival involving hostile elements, malign magical forces and a truly terrible choice.
COLD was created by acclaimed, Lecoq-trained physical theatre maker Claire Coaché and her husband, the award-winning playwright and film-maker Lisle Turner. It is based on their own experiences of baby loss and first person testimony from other grieving parents.
The project was conceived and rehearsed as a physical theatre piece but then, in response to lockdown, shot as a film on the main stage of Courtyard Hereford.
There will be a free live online symposium featuring Claire and Lisle and experts within the field of baby loss and miscarriage. All are welcome to attend.
Contains images of baby loss and miscarriage.
Read The Reviews Hub 4 Star review >
From an antenatal hospital appointment a couple find themselves mysteriously transported to a stark, frozen forest. Lost, cold and hunted by a terrifying beast, they must save themselves and their unborn child. So begins a struggle for survival involving hostile elements, malign magical forces and a truly terrible choice.
COLD was created by acclaimed, Lecoq-trained physical theatre maker Claire Coaché and her husband, the award-winning playwright and film-maker Lisle Turner. It is based on their own experiences of baby loss and first person testimony from other grieving parents.
The project was conceived and rehearsed as a physical theatre piece but then, in response to lockdown, shot as a film on the main stage of Courtyard Hereford.
There will be a free live online symposium featuring Claire and Lisle and experts within the field of baby loss and miscarriage. All are welcome to attend.
Contains images of baby loss and miscarriage.
Read The Reviews Hub 4 Star review >
“Theatrically ingenious, bold and arresting, and unflinchingly addresses what might be the most defining and universal of all human experiences - loss”
Gareth McLean, Journalist (Guardian, Radio Times)“Go and see COLD when it comes out. It's an extraordinary and powerful and important piece of work that moved me more than I'd have imagined”
Julia Bueno, Psychotherapist & Author of The Brink of Being
Open Sky Theatre
openskytheatre.co.ukPerformers: Janet Etuk & Jacob Meadows
Written & Directed by Claire Coaché & Lisle Turner
Produced by Alison King – Turtle Key Arts
Music: Jonny Pilcher
Editor: Flaura Atkinson
Design: Carl Davies
Cinematography: Dominic Bartels
An Open Sky Production in partnership with Turtle Key Arts and the Courtyard Hereford.
Supported by Fertility Fest, Antenatal Results & Choices (ARC) and The Miscarriage Association
Funded by Arts Council England, The Elmley Foundation and Herefordshire Community Foundation
Supported by Fertility Fest, Antenatal Results & Choices (ARC) and The Miscarriage Association
Funded by Arts Council England, The Elmley Foundation and Herefordshire Community Foundation