New: JULIUS

Work has commenced on Elastic Theatre‘s first multi-media production, Julius, a coming of age dance-opera. When an adolescent in rural Italy learns from his flamboyant teacher about Julius Caesar’s many lovers, he begins to experience intrusive thoughts about himself as a Roman Emperor, in very bizarre situations…

Consisting of an in-the-round film with live features, inspired by the surreal cinematography of Federico Fellini, Julius explores the nature of obsessional thoughts and the superstitious beliefs associated to them. The script is being researched with the help of UK’s leading experts in the field of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and in collaboration with London Arts and Health Forum (LAHF), Bethlem Museum, The Facility (LMU) and OCD Action.

Julius Presentation Video

Supported by the Wellcome Trust and by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.Click here for our dedicated page on the Jerwood website.

The making of Julius was launched at the Pave D’Orsay in Paris, as part of BAW’s New Voices New Projects, on Friday 10th February 2012. The first version of our multimedia installation will be presented at GV Art Gallery in London’s West End, from August the 23rd to September the 29th 2012. More details available soon!