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Storm-Cloud: Observations of the Sky

Storm-Cloud: Observations of the Sky is a brooding and visually arresting contemporary solo performance of John Ruskin’s prophetic public lecture ‘Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century’ (1884).

 

The performance premiered at the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres, on 19 June 2024.

Duration: 75-minutes

"unflagging and absorbing" - Dark Mountain

"dynamic and captivating" - Now Then Magazine

Tour Dates

Grosvenor East Theatre,

Manchester Metropolitan University

14 November 2024

The Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse

Sheffield Theatres

19 June 2024

Credits

​Performance and direction: Dr Tom Payne

Dramaturgical focus: Terry O’Connor

Motion design: Jake Goodall

Musical composition: David John Brady

Illustration: Billy Hughes and Penny McCarthy

Archival research: Ashley Gallant

Digital media production: Anne Doncaster and Richard Mather

Photography: Becky Payne

Developed with support from Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield Museums, Sheffield Hallam University, Invisible Dust, No Bounds Festival, The Green Estate Community Interest Company, Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association, Space Hub Yorkshire, UK EONS, and The Guild of St. George. 

Developed with mentoring from Tim Etchells, Forced Entertainment.

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© 2024 by Storm-Cloud. Photography by Becky Payne.

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