As a man leaves his house for the final time, a flood of memories unfolds. Personal moments collide with world events as the old building shows its history and bares its soul. imitating the dog mix beautiful animation with live performance in this musical installation about memory and time.
100 Stories High is a new outdoor projection piece, with original music by composer James Hamilton and a choir made of local residents. The piece will transform The Winter Gardens facade with a magical and moving story.
imitating the dog are a Lancashire based company who make work for theatre, live performance and public festivals. Their work is highly visual and uses high end design and large scale video design. “imitating the dog is not only a company without imitators, it is currently without peer” – The Guardian
Special Live Event
On Friday 28th October, between 7pm and 8pm, 100 Stories High will be accompanied by live performance by acclaimed singer Neil Balfour.
A Lightpool and Light Up Lancaster co-commission
imitating the dog have been making groundbreaking work for theatres and other spaces for more than 20 years. Our work has been seen across the world, and we have made work for outdoor festivals and events, seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
As a company, we are most interested in telling stories. We create beautiful, memorable images for audiences, and the work fuses live performance with digital technology, in order to serve the story in the best possible way. The work is always fresh and often surprising. We take risks.
We make work for touring to mid-scale theatres as well as studio productions. We want to tell stories which are important and which contain important ideas. Sometimes this is an adaptation of a classic novel or a film, and at other times it might be a new story, devised by the company. We also make large-scale sited video mapped projects, but always with a story to tell. In 2018, our piece Arrivals & Departures was part of the opening events for Hull’s year as City of Culture.
Theatre company and projection specialists imitating the dog, along with composer James Hamilton, are making a beautiful new piece of work at Lightpool Festival
And they’re looking for music-loving residents from the area to take part.
You will be joining other local people to form a choir to perform live at the event, alongside the projection.
You don’t need to have a lot of experience of musical or singing ability – just lots of enthusiasm. If you can make a noise, they want to hear from you!
Rehearsal dates are Wed 5th October 6.30pm – 8pm and Tues 11th October 6.30pm – 8pm at The Grand Theatre Studio
Performance date is Friday 28th October 6.30pm – 8pm
