Zugunruhe

This show explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler, the world’s only bird whose song echoes its migration route.

(zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness’ in birds.

Body-compasses, magnetic fields, African sunsets, star-chasing, storm-riding, homing… Zugunruhe offers a wild, fresh look at migration. Rehearsing among birds in the wetlands of Somerset, performer Tom Bailey creates a feast of bird behaviour alongside a digital sound map of the marsh warbler’s journey, made by composer Rowan Evans.

Made in 2018.

Created and performed by Tom Bailey

Sound Design & Composition – Rowan Evans

Projection Design – Hugh Cowling

Lighting Design – Joel Williams

Supported by UCL, Arts Council England, The Red Brick Building, Glastonbury

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