STABLE and SOLAS NUA invite you to join us for a work-in-development sharing of Performance Maker Luke Casserly's latest project: Distillation - a performative journey which takes you to the Irish bog landscape through scent.
Distillation is a response to the recent cessation of the peat harvesting industry in Ireland. Over the past year, Luke has collaborated with renowned perfume maker Joan Woods to create a unique distillation of the Midlands bog - the place where he grew up - as the starting point for an olfactory encounter which looks at our human relationship to place. Dedicated to the future of our broken landscapes – in the hope that by listening to them, we might be able to better understand them.
Luke is the recipient of the Norman Houston Multidisciplinary Commissioning Award 2023 with Solas Nua. He is currently working from STABLE Arts in Washington DC as part of a research residency towards the development of the project which will premiere later this year.
Created by Luke Casserly
Perfume by Joan Woods
Sculpture by Ger Clancy
Dramaturgy by Rex Daugherty
Please join Artistic Director of Theatre Rex Daugherty for an audience discussion about the workshop immediately following the sharing.
Location: STABLE Arts (336 Randolph Pl NE, Washington, DC 20002)
Date: July 10 @ 2:00pm, 5:00pm & 7:00pm
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: Free
