Dictations, The Heart of the Sea
Inspired by To My Coral Bones by Grace Nichols, the piece moves like the tide, reflecting on inheritance and what is carried across generations. It unfolds as an imagined island made together, breathing with slow, patient currents that carry fragments of story, sensation, and feeling beyond the individual body. This premiere introduces the company’s unfolding vision, bringing a sensorial, embodied performance language to Scotland’s stages.
Director, Concept & Songwriter: Mele Broomes
Assistant Director Support, Performer & Co-songwriter: Kemono Lebe-Riot
Performers & Collaborators: ACE V!S!ON, Chinyanta, Emmanuella Damptey, Kimberly Mandindo, KJ Clarke-Davis, Laura Mathana , Marios Ento-Engkolo, Mawadduh, Salma Francoise
Soundscore: Noushy Nanguy and Simone Seales (featuring Micheal Arowolo)
Music Producer: Sam Barker (Axor)
Sound Engineer (Vocal Design): Jamie Grier
Costume Design: Zephyr Liddell
Costume Supervisor & Costume Maker: Catriona Charlton
Costume Makers: Barbra Kolasinski, Emily Smit-Dicks
Costume Design Assistants: Izzy Jones Rigby, Sophie Pitt
Wardrobe Supervisor: Saehee Simmons
‘spectres’ & ‘a seed of a seed (Textile Sculpture): Sabrina Henry
Lighting Design: Dominic Falcon
Co-Producer: Mobo Agoro
Co-Producer: Rhea Lewis
Production Manager: Grahame Coyle
Stage Manager: Cynthia WS Cheung
Social Media: Lola Aluko
Publicist: Joy Parkinson
Videographer: Daniel Hughes
Thanks to Matthew Aurther Williams, Ben Ashton, Gaia Silvan, Carine Barinia, MC Laffitte, Adura Onashile, Bea Webster, Tony Chen, Susan Hay, Jude Williams, Che Poutney, Center for Advanced Textiles at Glasgow School of Art
A Tramway Commission, supported by Creative Scotland and the National Theatre of Scotland