theatre
Secret Life of Humans
Inspired by Yuval Harari’s international bestseller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. In 1949, Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a secret, alarmed room in his house.
Fifty years later his grandson discovers his secrets, unearthing echoes from across six million years of human history, told from the perspective of a century in which every year is a revolutionary year.
Following its sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, Secret Life of Humans, has been picked up by producers State-side and is transferring for a five week run at the 59E59 Theaters, New York.
Written and directed by New Diorama’s Artistic & Executive Director David Byrne, Secret Life of Humans will perform at the 59E59 Theaters as part of their annual Brits Off-Broadway season, following a five week run in London, at New Diorama and Greenwich Theatre.
Inspired by Noah Yuval Harari’s International Bestseller SAPIENS: A brief history of humankind, the show is a co-production with Greenwich Theatre and is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, the Cockayne Foundation and PRS for Music Foundation.
YEAR:
2018
DIRECTOR:
David Byrne and Kate Stanley
WRITER:
David Byrne
ROLE:
Composer, Sound Designer, VO Director
Starring:
Richard Delaney, Olivia Hirst, Andy McLeod, Andrew Strafford-Baker, Stella Blue Taylor
Pictures by David Monteith-Hodge and Richard Davenport
