Georgia Tegou & Kristina Pulejkova: Homecoming

Tue 01 Apr 2025 8:00PM
  • Tue 01 Apr 2025
    8:00PM
    Quays Theatre

What happens when your world falls apart? 

You descend into the underworld and reclaim your ruins, pick up your wrinkled thoughts. And then... 

HOMECOMING blends storytelling, dynamic choreography, and cutting-edge technology to trace the journey of a woman on a quest to reconnect with her lost sense of self. Guided by The Watcher, an eternal being who helps those who have slipped through the cracks, she retraces the memories that led her here, uncovering a path out of oblivion. Through a stunning live performance interwoven with immersive interactive projections, we follow a journey between two worlds, where reality bends and breaks.

Step into the shoes of a ghost trapped in a haunting, otherworldly limbo, desperately searching to reclaim its body. Told from the ghost’s perspective, this emotionally charged narrative explores themes of disconnection, the cathartic joy of rediscovering oneself, and the slow process of rebuilding after burnout. This raw and emotional tale invites you to dive into the spirit's haunting memories and unravel the mystery of her forgotten identity, resonating with anyone who has ever had to reclaim what was once lost. This is not just a story of survival, but of rebirth - a visceral, unforgettable reminder of the strength it takes to come home to oneself.

There are two ways to experience HOMECOMING: as an immersive theatre performance that merges live performance with digital elements, or as a VR experience in The Lowry’s lobby. In the VR experience, you step into the role of the ghost, unlocking the story through your own movement. Accessibility is integral to the piece, placing it at its core.

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Duration

Theatre Performance: 60 minutes

VR Performance: 25 minutes

 

Trigger warning: This work contains images and references of fire.

Choreographer and stage director, Georgia Tegou’s work approaches 'Dance-as-design', intertwining choreography with design to create immersive visual environments. Drawing inspiration from architecture, sculpture, visual arts, science and philosophy, she explores the symbiotic relationship between dance and spatial arts, seeking to encapsulate nuances of the human condition. The performances and installations are created through collaborative processes resulting in experiences that blend contemporary dance, visual physical theatre and performance art. Her work has been presented by organisations such as Dance Umbrella International Festival, Sadler’s Wells, the Royal Opera House, Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera, the Venice Biennale of Architecture, The Place, ZfinMalta National Dance Company, Southbank Centre, The Whitechapel Gallery among others. It has received acclaim and has been described as 'Visually evocative' (Eckhard Thiemann - The Lowry) ‘Dreamlike (The Times), 'Tremendously clever’, ‘Admirably Strong’ (Sanjoy Roy), ‘work that’s shifting and challenging dance and its intersectionality to broaden access to wider communities’ (Dance Umbrella).  She has choreographed two official music videos for dance-pop cult favorite Róisín Murphy and she has directed fashion editorials. She is a Higher Education Academy Fellow, she was recognized with an ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’ by the University of Roehampton and she guest lectures globally. She is currently an artist in residence at Somerset House Exchange, a programme supporting extraordinary interdisciplinary practitioners.

 

Kristina Pulejkova is a visual artist based in London, UK. Her interdisciplinary practice is informed by science and technology. Kristina’s work explores how the use of technology might lead to greater forms of sustainability in human-nature relationships.Working across moving image, sound and installation, she aims to build subjective narratives based on scientific data and principles. In her work, she tends to imagine voices from creatures, objects and even atoms to inhabit non-human perspectives. Through the use of immersive technology, her works often deal with environmental issues, telling personal stories that place audiences at the centre of the scene, allowing for a protagonist’s perspective and a different way of seeing.

Kristina holds a Magisterium Degree (BA + MA) in Painting and Animation from the University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (2012) and an MA Degree in Art and Science from Central Saint Martins, London, UK (2014). She is the recipient of the inaugural FLAMIN Fellowship by Film London (2017). Kristina’s works have been exhibited/screened at the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, AT; National Gallery, Skopje, NMK; MoCA, Skopje NMK; The Science Museum, London, UK; MAN Museum, Sardinia, IT; The V&A, London, UK; MAK, Vienna, AT; Project Space Kunsthalle, Vienna, AT; Het Glaspaviljoen, Eindhoven, NL; Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL; Art COP21 Paris, FR; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Art Licks Festival, London UK; Lewisham Art House, London, UK; and Royal College of Arts, London, UK amongst others.

Credits

Concept, direction, choreography, visual design: Georgia Tegou & Kristina Pulejkova

Performers in the VR experience: Edd Arnold, Xan Dye, Synne Lundesgaard, Akshay Sharma, Anna Smith

Performers in the live theatre performance: Xan Dye, Arran Green, Kimberley Harvey, Synne Lundesgaard, Akshay Sharma, Artemis Stamouli

Music composition & sound design: Vincent Cavanagh / The Radicant

Costume designer: Justin Smith / Jsmith Esquire

Lead creative coders - Visual artists: Uncharted Limbo Collective

Lighting designer: Jackie Shemesh

Associate lighting designer and production manager: Joe Hornsby

Rehearsal director: Artemis Stamouli

360 videography: Shivani Hassard

Holograms videography: Jackie Read

VR animation: Dave Norton / Limbotech

VR consultant and interact machine learning researcher and developer: Clarice Hilton

Creative producer: Linda Pēterkopa

Producing consultant: Lia Prentaki

Assistant creative producer: Marita Anastasi

Commissioned by the place

Supported by the lowry, fact Liverpool, dance east, London south bank university, south east dance, studio Wayne McGregor and Russell Maliphant studio

Supported using public funding by arts council England

Accessibility partners: Candoco dance company

Initial research supported by choreodrome residency at the place and light moves festival of screendance - studio light moves

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