The Garden or The Invisible Rope

A musical act for a very young audience. 

A woman – or a girl? – enters a room. Or a garden? Or maybe a forest. White shapes are hung from the ceiling, people with musical instruments: The instruments have complex shapes and make weird sounds. The woman – or maybe the girl? – starts talking. But we can’t recognize the words. And we don’t know who she is or what she wants. 

At some point a fly appears. A rather not whole fly. The woman talks to it, and this is how we hear what she says, what she thinks. The fly responds – in her own way, the best way it could find – is the fly really half? But it leaves. That shouldn’t have happened. It was inexcusable. And yet: a new visitor arrives. He – or she? or it? – wants to stay. He wants to hear, he wants us to hear. And what will happen will be beautiful. 

“The Garden” is a musical theatre play for 7 instruments, 1 person and 2 images.