Wings Over Water is an original diasporic bird play set in the liminal space of the ocean where Baby Bird meets seven birds through phases of growth and cycle breaking: Grandmother Bird, Patriarchy Bird, Anarchy Bird, Blood Bird, Party Bird and Dream Bird. Through the intimate and sensory worlds of poetry, original music created on the loop pedal, somatic movement and shadow puppetry, will Baby Bird find their way home?
Moves through a coming of age story. Nervous, scared, child-like and lost - trying to find where they belong. Strong Mover. Any age and gender. Soprano.
The god-like all knowing presence. Any age and gender. Non-speaking role.
Old, comedic, and nurturing grandmother. Any age and gender. Character Voice.
Militaristic Drill Sergeant. Any age and gender. Alto or Bass.
Rebel punk love interest in a band. Any age and gender. Punk or Rock 'n' Roll Sound.
Spooky ritual bird. Becomes all of the birds. Any age and gender. Powerful sound.
Queer birthday bird, life of the party. Fun and upbeat. Any age and gender. RnB sound.
Uses Loop pedal to create a soundscape.
An electric bass
A piano
A loop pedal
Sarvin Esmaeili
Chantal Dobles Gering
Danielle Rozali
Chantal Dobles Gering and Anjalica Solomon
Sarvin Esmaeili
Chantal Dobles Gering
Danielle Rozali
Chantal Dobles Gering and Anjalica Solomon
Jordan England
Through the intimate and sensory worlds of poetry, original live music created on the loop pedal, somatic movement and shadow puppetry, will Baby Bird find their way home?
We are theatre artists, dancers, forest-wanderers and poets making a play about migratory birds and ancestral roots. In two successful fringe productions, one indoors in Nanaimo’s Port Theatre, and one outdoors in Granville Island’s Picnic Pavilion in Vancouver, Wings Over Water explores the depth and width of the ocean, conceptions of home, and what is lost when we are cut from the root.
Wings Over Water had its premiere in the Nanaimo and Vancouver Fringe Festivals and is currently looking to expand the production into other festivals. We have a recorded soundtrack, no sheet music.
