'Then' by Yve Blake

Remember when you got through a breakup on an diet of ice-cream and cheese?
Remember when you wanted to be an astronaut and part time celebrity chef?
Remember when someone else chose all your clothes and the fastener of choice was velcro?

Remember that person you used to be?

Collecting stories, voicemails, pictures and playlists from around the world, Yve Blake is asking 5 year olds to 95 year olds for tales in which their past selves play the lead.

Using handcrafted music and decadent visuals, Yve brings these stories to life onstage in a celebration of the idiots, strangers and heroes that we used to be.

With ‘sheer ingenuity’ (TimeOut), Yve’s music samples everything from orchestral flourishes to flushing toilets, and rarely misses the opportunity for a dance break.

Yve dares you to anonymously donate your story at whowerewe.com. Prepare for a memorial at the disco, created by Yve Blake, the internet…and you?


Press for Yve's previous solo show, 'Am I Good Friend?':
"★★★★ Sheer ingenuity"
TimeOut (Melbourne)

"★★★★ Blake's debut shows that she has talent to burn...if this comedy is anything to go by, Yve Blake could very well be the next big thing"
FringeReview.co.uk

"★★★★★ Exudes an intangible quality of being able to captivate and baffle in equal measure...Yve Blake is one to watch...The show is brilliant..."
EdFringeReview


Credits
Writer and Performer - Yve Blake
Musical Director - Alex Groves
Music Supervisor - Philip Jameson
Dramaturg - Georgia Symons
Designer - Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
Lighting Designer - Joshua Gadsby



About Yve Blake
Yve Blake is a Sydney-born London-based maker of theatre, music, online experiences and a fool of herself.

She is interested in taking her audiences on a metaphorical orienteering quest to find each other. She is more specifically interested in: what paths we can take, the unexpected things we can discover along the way and which non-metaphorical trail snacks we should pack for the journey. Usually she makes her work in collaboration with her audience.

Her multifarious works have included: an internationally touring solo show, audio guided installations, a couple of plays and a theatrical game-based banquet for 50. She has presented work of various shapes and sizes at The Bush Theatre, The Basement, Roundhouse, Arts Admin, The National Theatre, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) and World Stage Design 2013 (Cardiff). She is currently completing the Royal Court Young Playwright's program and maintains a position on the Sydney Opera House's Youth Advisory Committee.

'Then' is being developed with the support of the National Theatre Young Studio, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Duration: 60 mins