COME HELL OR HIGH WATER

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER is a tribute to freedom in its pure essence. Inspired by the poems of Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” as well as of Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird”, our heroes co-exist within the premises of a cabin in the woods, perpetually trying to protect their crop and send the birds away. Oscillating between reality and fiction, the dream and the nightmare, they confide personal stories and test the boundaries between society’s rigid expectations and their own free will.
Using the figure of a scarecrow as a metaphor, in order to “exorcise” ideas and standards that keep them caged within specific roles, our characters have to eventually face their own fears and self-restrictions· flocking, twirling, falling but always together, daring to claim the sky*.

* Quote from Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird”.

• Concept, Artistic Direction, Choreography : Penelope Morout
• Music Composition, Sound Design : Chris Parapagkidis
• Dramaturg: Penelope Morout
• Performers : Marynia Fekecz-Mangan, Molly McDermott, Alison Towne, Alida Kendell, Kate Stashko
• Set Design: Rory Turner, Penelope Morout
• Light Designer : ainsleyhillyard
• Set Construction : Rory Turner
• Constume Design, Construction : Skye Grinde
• Assistan Choreographer : Andrea Deviani
• Production Manager : Rhiannon Eldridge
• Production: MFM Artists | Marynia Fekecz-Mangan