Silence

Left alone in an unfamiliar land, Kate struggles to silence the noises inside her head and begins to question her own sanity. In London, Michael listens carefully to a conversation recorded twenty years ago. Can he hear a third silent person on the tape? In a small Russian town, Irina searches desperately for her missing friend, piecing together fragments from his life. From urban noise to rural emptiness, through rationalism to spirituality, from Russia to the UK, Silence is the latest collaboration between the celebrated theatre company Filter and RSC Associate Director David Farr. Filter create rich stories that awaken the imaginative senses of an audience and they are renowned for a distinctive theatrical style that exposes the workings of a production: video is mixed onstage, sound is produced live by a musician and the performers to create a unique, 'live chemistry' experience for audiences. Silenceis a work which combines narrative impetus with astounding, original ideas and theatrical presentation.

Founded in 2001 by actors Oliver Dimsdale and Ferdy Roberts and musician Tim Phillips, Filter is a company that brings together actors, musicians, technicians, designers, writers and directors to create new works of original theatre as well as thrilling incarnations of existing texts, resulting in a platform for some of the most exciting theatre work around. Filter's highly acclaimed productions include Faster (BAC/tour), Woyzeck (NT Studio/Lyric Hammersmith), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (NT), Twelfth Night (RSC) and Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith).