Third Angel - Process

(UK)

9 Billion Miles From Home

We’re going on a journey; we’re performing a ritual. We want to live in a big here, and a long now; we want to let things take the time that they take.
We are beginning to understand that we can’t do that alone.

9 Billion Miles From Home is a modern day ritual to be performed by a man and a woman. Tied together through a simple pulley system, neither can move nor perform an action without the consent and co-operation of the other. The drawing of perfect circles is attempted. Journeys are embarked upon, completed and recounted.

Devised by Alexander Kelly, Gillian Lees & Rachael Walton
Performed by Alexander Kelly & Gillian Lees
Composer: David Mitchell

Third Angel were established in 1995 in Sheffield. At the heart of the company is the collaboration between Co-Artistic Directors Alexander Kelly and Rachael Walton, who work with a range of collaborators from the fields of performance, film, lighting design, music and photography.

The work tours to theatres, galleries, cinemas and ‘non-art’ spaces across Britain and mainland Europe, as well as on TV and the internet.

‘consistently innovative and challenging… extraordinary performances’ The Times

Commissioned by Chelsea Theatre and supported by Leeds Met Studio Theatre.

+ Film and video programme

This screening of work by Third Angel and other collaborators is introduced by Co-Artistic Director Alexander Kelly and Associate Artist Christopher Hall.

Third Angel is Funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, and supported by Site Gallery, Sheffield.