Giant Outdoor Theatre – Now Available Until 11 May

Mind the Gap’s ZARA is bringing outdoor theatre into your home.

ZARA was a hugely impressive outdoor theatre event, featuring a baby bigger than a double decker bus, a cast of over 100, an original score and 3D projection mapping, and played only at Halifax Piece Hall and in Southwark, London. Now, it will be performed in homes throughout the UK until 11 May – and it’s free.

Julia Skelton, Executive Director of Mind the Gap said:

ZARA was a huge-impact piece of outdoor theatre that was four years in the making. We brought together an international team of directors, choreographers, producers, designers, technicians, puppeteers, musicians and actors; there were hundreds of people working on the project in the UK and we were really proud to be the company behind the idea.

One year on, while we can’t bring everyone together in person, we hope that this screening will reunite everyone virtually. It’s a reminder of how life-affirming and exciting live theatre experiences can be – and hopefully will be again in the not too distant future.

ZARA was part of Mind The Gap’s Daughters of Fortune project, exploring parenthood and learning disability. The project kicked off with Anna and was followed by Mia, which toured the UK and was the only learning disability theatre company to perform at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival in 2017.

Throughout our research into Daughters of Fortune, we heard stories that were tender, shocking, funny, poignant and everything in between” says Artistic Director Joyce Nga Yu Lee.

ZARA became a fusion of those complex and untold stories – and then we supersized them! It was an unprecedented performance that put learning disabled parents and artists at its heart. I am very proud of this work and am excited to see it again – albeit in very different surroundings.”

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