The Ghost Sonata
A site sympathetic retelling of The Ghost Sonata in a
subterranean electrician’s warehouse by the banks
of the river Thames. The warehouse was originally used to
test the strength of chains on boats on the rivers boats.
Chain was passed through a two metre wide letter box in
the wall, run the length of the room and then wound
around a huge winch. The room was then flooded and
tension put on the chain. The flooding of the room and
its murky watery past became central to both choice of
story and the telling of it. The audience were given the
role of labourers looking for work in the docks, and
after pushing aside a portrait found an entrance to the
world of The Ghost Sonata and its grotesque inhabitants.
