**FREE Workshop and performance opportunity!**

NMT Automatics are bringing Dido & Aeneas: Remixed to Charlton Park, Canterbury on Saturday the 12th of November at 8pm.

A play, adapted from Virgil’s The Aeneid mixing Purcell’s opera with a new sampled, beat driven soundscape; text, drama and urban/lyrical dance and combining professional actors with a ‘Greek Chorus’ of community participants.

As such, this Saturday (11am onwards) NMT Automatics needs you!

We will be offering local young people and community members the FREE opportunity to join the team, to learn the art of the ‘Greek Chorus’ and perform alongside the cast in the performance on the 12th!

Check out the Research and development trailer, including interviews with
Redbridge Youth Theatre Workshop members who were involved, to get a taste of what you’ll be joining in with: https://vimeo.com/146543873

This opportunity is free for participants and is open to anyone 13 +!

An epic tale of a people torn from their land by war, searching for a new home, whilst struggling against a climate of prejudice and fear: a tragedy that is sadly still relevant today. NMT Automatics bring this classic to a contemporary audience in an engaging & accessible way.

Can love conquer all? Can a vulnerable nation overcome ‘fear of the other’?
Contact nmtautomatics@outlook.com for further info.

In association with Greenwich Theatre and Redbridge Drama Centre, and supported by Arts Council England, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Classical Association, and Old Vic New Voices.

http://www.nmtautomatics.com/dido-aeneas-remixed

Natalia Rose is a UK Hip Hop Championship Winner. She has recently appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

http://www.spotlight.com/6774-8973-2225

John Slade has just returned from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he played The Player in Blunt Pyramid’s modern interpretation of Stoppard’s Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

https://www.spotlight.com/9330-8942-5201

The piece will be performed 3 times over the course of the evening and focus on Aeneas and his travels in Sicily!

Suffice to say the exact location of the performance is pretty special and will be revealed shortly..

Dido & Aeneas: Remixed Promo Video from NMT Automatics on Vimeo.

Editing always takes longer then you expect. Tour pack nearly there…

Research and development successfully completed! Read below for the full story!

Our new show working title: Dido and Aeneas; an adaptation of Virgil’s tragic story from The Aeneid that fuses dance, theatre, and a soundtrack that combines Purcell’s original music with a new electric, industrial soundscape.

The first stage of which was a two week Research and Development period, which took place in September 2015, which included active engagement and participation with Redbridge community youth, which culminated in a public and industry showcase at The Deptford Lounge.

Via a contemporary retelling of this ancient story, we explored cultural intolerance in the 21st century: the conflict between old morals and current attitudes.

Set within a period of industrial change, we experimented with object manipulation, using raw materials to create a visually dynamic performance space and an arresting soundscape.

In association with The Redbridge Drama Centre, and Greenwich Theatre, the aim was to produce the basis for a piece that not only is artistically great but also benefits the communities that we work in.

We held a public and industry sharing where 45 minutes of workshop material was performed by a cast of four alongside members of Redbridge Youth Theatre Workshop. followed by a Q and A session, and a few glasses of prosecco.

Having had a couple of superb meetings with industry, we are delighted to say we achieved our aims and are now in the process of putting together a package to be sent out with a view to touring in Autumn 2016.

Watch this space!