A BRAINLAND COLLECTIVE production in collaboration with Morley College.
Music by Stephen Brown
Libretto by Andrew Platman, Ken Barrett and Heather Angus-Leppan
Director: Chiara D'Anna
Choreographer: Adrian Look
Research & Design: Ken Barrett
Costumes Designers: Francesca Prizzon and Sally Barrett
Sound Recordist: Luke Scott
Videographer: Aaron Compton
Edited by Chiara D'Anna
Singers:
Egas Moniz: Jodie Anne Bailey
Sobral Cid: Hester Dart
Almeida Lima: Leo Selleck
Dancers (patients):
Catherine Croft, Susan Geeson, Marlene Hell, Angie Herzberg, Martha Kent, Spyridoula Papandreou, Suzanne Tarlin, Alessandro Lupo Venzo
This is one scene from the short film Brainland. An adaptation of one section of the opera Brainland filmed at the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret Museum, London.
Brainland is new opera based on true stories from the history of 20th century neuroscience, uncovered during research for two visual art exhibitions, created by artist Ken Barrett for the Museum and Archive of the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London (Manhandling the Brain, 2016 and Wavecraft: Messages from another world 2018).
