‘Thought-provoking and thrillingly experimental’

Can we remove the barriers that normally separate us?

Two performers from different continents meet live – for the first time – on screen. Two further performers are on stage in Bristol, interpreting their encounter.

The Wall is a real time, unscripted conversation between people who cannot travel due to borders, laws and other barriers.

Each night a different encounter, never before played out, sparks a new relationship and a new adventure.

An exploration of how intimacy and solidarity can be nurtured across thousands of miles of distance, The Wall seeks to defy the forces and the discourses that divide us.

A co-production between Tobacco Factory Theatres and Fundación Teatro de La Abadia Madrid, funded by The British Council. Conceived and led by UK-based Spanish theatre maker Juan Ayala.

The show has been devised collaboratively, through conversations and rehearsals, and is the result of a collision of voices and views from the whole team across several countries.

ON STAGE PERFORMERS

Axenia Raulet
Léna Laprès
Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi
Lindsey Garwood

ON SCREEN PERFORMERS

22 February: Igor Shugaleev (Belarus) & Hamza Boulaiz (Morocco)
23 February: Mohakalled (Iraq) & Magda Henríquez (El Salvador)
24 February: Nabil Al-Raee (Palestine) & Lucero Millán (Nicaragua)

Director: Juan Ayala
Direction in Madrid & Dramaturgy: Egly Larreynaga
Producer & Dramaturgy: Miguel Oyarzun
Audio Visual Design & Tech Development: Andreas Levisanos & Christos Atzinas
Assistant Director & Production Manager: Holly Meechan
Sound & Visuals: Nikki Crowley
Lighting Design: Álvaro Guisado Garavito
Producer: Morag Massey