In his first solo piece, musician and theatre-maker Dom takes us on a joyous musical journey through time with a wake up call to stop our chaotic present becoming a dystopian future. The innovation performance will be coming to The North Wall this autumn, October 2.
This lyrical new work, part sung, part spoken, to a back drop of 80’s synths and drum machines, is astory of adventure, hope and the secret societies that meet in the pub on the corner.Dom Coyote’s last show, Songs for the End of the World,a rock n’ roll gig-theatre piece inspired by David Bowie and Philip K Dick, won a Vault Festival Origins Award 2016.
Since he was a boy, Dom has been receiving messages - solitary fragments of a voice echoing through time and space. His Grandfather’s incredible recordings of the world are the only remaining connection Dom has to his favourite relative, who died mysteriously at sea. Sifting through the recordings, like sonic photographs, Dom unknowingly discovers the key to time travel… Desperate to save him, and armed with a home-made time machine, Dom returns to the day his Grandfather is lost, he finds himself in the future witnessing the last days of sunlight.
With a music style reminiscent of alternative pop classics from Kate Bush and poetic storytelling with the political dynamism of Kate Tempest – We Can Time Travelis a playful contemporary fable for our times and a loving homage to the music and blockbuster movies that inspired a generation – from Back to the Future toClose Encounters of the Third Kind. We Can Time Travel is a sound and storytelling journey, to remind us of the urgency of living in the now.
Dom Coyote said: “I am a huge sci-fi fan. For me, the best science fiction sheds a light on the present day. It holds a mirror up to society. The last few years have seen monumental shifts in our world: Brexit, the refugee crisis, to name but a few. It’s an epic, frightening time and it keeps on coming. I wanted to make something about the pace of change, and how to regain hope, to believe that we can change the future and learn from our past…”
Dom Coyote is a composer, performer and writer of songs based in Bristol. His most recent show, Songs for the End of the World, won the Vault Festival Origins Award for Outstanding achievement, andhe most recently appeared in Kneehigh’s Tin Drumand The North Wall’s gig-theatre show Fragment. His work includes composing and performing for Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Art Angel, Cirque Bijou and Battersea Arts Centre. He is an Associate Artist with Kneehigh Theatre and Musical Director of Bristol based Extraordinary Bodies.
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