EPIC

By Chloe Dechery and Lucy Foster

UK tour and Soho Theatre 2011

‘With Epic we will go on a quest for History; the big one, written about in books. The one with World Wars in it, with memorable dates and names you learn at school, but also the personal one, the human one, the one you can relate to.’

Chloé, Lucy, Pedro and Ed track down the history of their families, digging up the secrets of an English family in the Northern mines, a Portuguese family going through a 50 year-long dictatorship and a war in Angola’s jungle, a French family caught between colonialism in Alger and May 1968 Paris, and a grandfather on a torpedoed boat at the close of World War II.

A playful and experimental journey through the past hundred years, Epic combines personal stories, video interaction, fanciful re-enactments of key 20th century events, and a cameo from Bertolt Brecht. Epic creates moments of intimacy while also connecting us to the bigger picture.

Created from an original idea by Chloé Déchery and Lucy Foster and produced by David Luff, Epic toured to twelve UK theatres in 2011, culminating in a run at Soho Theatre in London.

Devised and performed by Chloé Déchery, Lucy Foster, Pedro Inès and Edward Rapley
From an original idea by Chloé Déchery and Lucy Foster
Dramaturgy by Sharon Smith and Mike Tweddle
Design by Katherina Radeva
Lighting Design by Martin Langthorne
Video Design by Ian William Galloway
Other Video Material by Chris Eley
Composition & Sound Design by Bob Karper
Other Original Music by Nick Gill
Choreography by Pia Nordin
Publicity photography by Manuel Vason
Produced by David Luff