Crossing the Line

Side-stepping any claims of ‘objective’ truth, Crossing the Line presents a kaleidoscopic & de-centred reflection of the way we literally see - through film & TV from a number of different countries - border crossings and the people that make them, or try to. Specific moments of narrative are cut from their moorings and re-shaped into a semi-abstract performance of a set of social, political and human relationships, crystallised at ‘the border’. Through translating moving image to live performance, the cropping and sequencing of scenes to create new arcs & patterns, a critical deployment of music and the inhabiting of the multiple roles by a diverse cast, a ‘simple’ re-presentation of commercial discourse on the subject of the border becomes at the same time a vehicle for the expression of a small collaborative group.

With pop songs, shoot-outs, balloons, seas, interplanetary travel and an elephant in the room, the process has generated enormous variety, from moments of quiet & reflection to ones of violence & confrontation, humour and romance. Performed by an amazingly diverse ensemble with backgrounds in stage, film, tv, mime & clowning and featuring lounge club legend Count Indigo, Crossing the Line has fun with its seriousness.

Przymierska Morgan is a London- based performance duo. Margot Przymierska (Poland) & Nicholas Morgan (UK) have backgrounds in performance, theatre & translation, filmmaking & curation. They have been working together making performances and devised theatre since September 2014. Their collaboration has included performances at Battersea Art Centre, the Fairfield Halls Croydon, Cardiff Made and Birkbeck University of London’s Studio Theatre, as well as many performances in cabaret venues and art galleries. We have an ongoing relationship with Birkbeck University of London, who made a study of some areas of our practice in 2015 as part of their research into translingualism.

Concept
Przymierska Morgan

Producer
Malwina Chudzinska

Cast
Laura Dajao
Hassan Govia
Count Indigo
Amber Nina Junker
Richard Knight
Nicholas Morgan
Eva Eklof Morkeset
Oseloka Obi
Margot Przymierska

Lighting design
Miles Fisher

Music
Jasmine Kahlia

Trailer
Thomas Palomino Ingram