Pervasive Media Studio resident Tom Bailey's company Mechanimal presents a digital imagining of their award-winning show, Zugunruhe. Filmed in an empty venue and on location in the South West during the January lockdown, this is a theatrical invitation to pause. To watch. To listen.

Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’. This show explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler, the world’s only bird whose song echoes its migration route. Body-compasses, magnetic fields, African sunsets, star-chasing, storm-riding, homing…

Zugunruhe aims to widen the lens on the way we think about migration, looking at it from the point of view of natural history and evolution. By specifically exploring birds, the show takes audiences on a fascinating journey into non-human migration in the 21st century – and how this might in turn offer reflections on human movement.

Rehearsing among birds in the wetlands of Somerset, Tom creates a feast of bird behaviour alongside a digital sound map of the marsh warbler’s journey, made by composer Rowan Evans.

You are invited to wear headphones for the full audio experience, and a more intimate and personal connection to the piece and peformance.

Accessibility:

The Zugunruhe stream has the option for Subtitles.

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