The Tree of Light brings together 1,200 performers and a choir of 450 around a gigantic industrial “tree” of light, for a major new large-scale outdoor performance, taking place at dusk in parkland across the South East in the summer of 2012.
The piece tells an epic tale from the long life of a mythical tree. It’s a story of a forest born, inhabited and invaded. The forest thrives, is attacked, plundered, burned and reborn.
The piece will be a visual and sonic feast for the senses – full of drama, excitement and joy. It is an exuberant and highly physical celebration of the natural world and of our part in it.
The Tree of Light will be performed by people of all ages from across the South East. The culmination of a wider project exploring the science and art of trees, this piece is a grand community celebration and will be a very moving human spectacle highlighting the rich and fragile relationship between people and their environment.
The creative team, working under the artistic direction of Stewart Collins, includes set designers Block 9, composer Orlando Gough, and performance director/choreographer Charlie Morrissey, with Electric Peddles providing bicycle generated electricity to help power the event.