DIRECTOR ANNA SOFIE KELLER
director opera performance
Call to this number are being Diverted
TEATER REFLEKSION, AARHUS
Calls to this number are being diverted, created by Matthew Grouse and produced by Aarhus UngeTonekunstnere is an evening set in an absurd call centre, which aims to expose the surreal, hilarious and chilling in the mundane. Operating at the boundaries of new music, experimental theatre involving audienceparticipation, and interactive installation art, the project’s central themes land on the unsettling musicalityburied in repetitive labour, cold-calling and workplace technology; the psychological effects of hold-music; and existential questions surrounding time, purpose and agency, filtered through a pinch of jet-blackhumour.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPo5ow5LxNs&t=1280shttps://drive.google.com/file/d/19PzP1mjYjTckZdPn3sX3Ktks3UnmTpOM/view?usp=sharing
Team:
Composition/concept: Matthew Grouse
Staging/directing consultant: Anna Sofie Keller Brandsborg
Produced by: Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere
Soloists: Andreas Borregaard (accordion and voice) and Anna Jalving (violin and voice)
Ensemble musicians: Hsiao Tung Yuan (percussion, keyboards, voice), Kirstine Elise Pedersen (cello, guitar, voice), Joss Smith (clarinet, whistles, melodica, voice)
Sound technician: Morten Elkjær
Production assistance: Jacob Ridderberg and Frederik Sakham Contributions to installation and visuals: Jan Giedroyc
Voice acting: Jan Giedroyc, Lily Grouse, Sam Wilson, Harry Gorski-Brown, Mathilde Schelin, Matthew Gro