The Writing of Stones

Emma Wagstaff and Dominic Weatherby

If a stone could speak, could we understand it?

The Writing of Stones is a theatrical reverie on the edges of knowledge and the ecological origins of art inspired by the ideas and stones of Roger Caillois.

In this performance, you, the audience, assume a leading role. The stage is your field of consciousness – a memory theatre, where images are projected into your head through the words, gestures, and sounds of the shape-shifting ensemble.

Through immersive sound design, a polyphony of languages, and striking tableaux vivants, four actors and five semi-precious stones search for a way of being between human and mineral, subject and object, movement and stillness, sacred and profane.

The Writing of Stones is a dreamy train ride to the outer limits of consciousness, a hijacked meditation, a psychedelic school trip, an irreverent exhibition hung on the corridors of the mind.

Direction: Emma Wagstaff and Dominic Weatherby. Creation and performance: Juliana de Aragão,  John Harper, Emma Wagstaff, and Dominic Weatherby. Technical Dramaturgy: Malachy Orozco. Access Consultancy: Lorna Heap. Sound Support: Calum Perrin.

An Emballage production supported by Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich Theatre, Menagerie Theatre Company, Footsbarn Travelling Theatre, South House, our Kickstarter backers, and a Hypothesis retreat from curious directive.