Like flesh ELDAR

Trapped in an unhappy marriage a woman mourns the devastation of the forest around her An unexpected affair instigates an explosive metamorphosis and she finds perfect release as a tree But the world is a dangerous place for trees and deep in the forest a forester and a student lay claim to a body of wood and leaf one for money and one for love A subversion of Ovids Metamorphoses Like flesh is the fruit of a collaboration between a group of committed young artists The Israeli composer Sivan Eldar creates an intriguing sound world by combining orchestral and electroacoustic music The British playwright Cordelia Lynn is already well known in English theatre circles for among other things her collaboration with Katie Mitchell to restage The Tempest