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The award-winning Scottish music theatre company, Theatre Cryptic, visits Cork this month. The startling prophetic visions of the Biblical Seven Trumpets of the Apocalypse are the inspiration for their new multi-art production, Apocalypse, which receives its premiere in Cork in conjunction as part of the Cork 2005 programme on 14 April. Promising to transcend traditional boundaries of music performance, Apocalypse will unveil seven striking tableaux through live and recorded music, visuals and performance. Audiences will be taken on a rollercoaster ride of spectacular aural and visual imagery representing the kaleidoscope of startling prophetic visions conjured up by each of the Seven Trumpets. A Cork 2005 commission, Apocalypse is a multi-art form collaboration between Scottish composer Anthea Haddow, Belfast-born Director Cathie Boyd and trumpeter Mark O’Keeffe which aims, through the use of digital audio and visual technologies, to explore the possibilities in live performance offered by this new media. Established in 1994, Theatre Cryptic is committed to creating multi-disciplinary projects to ‘ravish the senses’ through international artistic collaborations. The focus of the company’s work is the theatrical presentation of a commissioned score or text, using visuals and mixed media. Since 1995 the company has toured to Canada, Colombia, Croatia, France, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, and Venezuela, including the Iberoamericano Festival in Bogota and BITE at the Barbican Centre in London. Apocalypse is a Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture commission with support from Cork 2005 Official Partner Musgrave Group. Apocalypse runs at the Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork from 14-16 April. Tickets at “Theatre Cryptic… should be seen by anyone who is interested in the magical borderlines where theatre, music and visual art meet.” Further information from Aoife Carlin, Cork 2005 Press & Information Manager. Tel: 021-421 5119 or 086-388 5725. Posted: 7 April 2005
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