Monday 24 - 31 August
Monday 1 September - Sunday 25 October
Various from 6pm (Mon - Fri)
Various from 12pm (Sat - Sun)
£15 - £25
Theatre & Performance
The Ditch, Council Chamber & Mayor's Parlour
A young woman enters a hotel. She is magnetic and compelling, yet strangely detached, as if in a dream; she knows everyone, yet is utterly alone; she has many lovers, but loves no one; she is 18 years old - or is she 80?
ABSENT is partly inspired by The Duchess of Argyll's residence at a central London hotel from the 1970s until the 80s, when she was finally evicted, having run out of friends and credit.
Threading its way through the maze-like basements of Shoreditch Town Hall, ABSENT will create a multi-layered journey mixing film, installation and a haunting soundtrack by Lapalux to create an increasingly labyrinthine dream world that merges past, present and future.
Shoreditch Town Hall, LIFT and Left Coast
Arts Council England
Jim Stephenson
020 7739 6176
info@shoreditchtownhall.com
Shoreditch Town Hall,
380 Old Street,
London EC1V 9LT
