In classical mythology, a chimaera is a creature composed of different animal parts that combine to create a new monster that is terrifying and fantastical. 

 

Chimaera is a journey into the unknown, into the dark and into our collective fears and nightmares.

 

Meeting near dusk and armed with a head torch in a small audience group, you will be carefully guided through the Greenock Hanging Gardens in an intimate, playful and spectacular experience for the senses.  Encountering changing sights, sounds and shapes you will observe, meet and confront the Greenock Chimaera.

 

These creatures glimmer like magic when you dare to look directly at them but disappear completely when you look away. 

 

Over a series of workshops, theatre company Adrenalism have been working with the RIG Arts Open Studios to explore the fears we all share (including the dark!) to create their own theatrical monsters.

CREDITS

 

Direction and Facilitation: Andrew Simpson and Lewis Sherlock

Designed, devised and performed by: RIG Arts Open Studios Participants

Design and creation team: Seamus Killich, Emma Brierley & Robyn Dainese

Supported by Creative Scotland, RIG Arts, FERAL Outdoor Arts Residency, SURGE

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Part of Feral Galoshans Festival Takeover Programme www.feralarts.co.uk.

Galoshans Festival is funded by Creative Scotland. Lead Festival Partners include: RIG Arts, Feral, The Beacon Arts Centre, Magic Torch, Inverclyde Libraries, Clyde Muirshiel, Where's The One, Inverclyde Leisure, Inverclyde Council, Kayos, Youth Music Initiative and TRANCND.

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ACCESS

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V: Highly Visual/No or Little Text

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