Blindness: Take The Stage • Donmar Warehouse

Blindness: Take The Stage, 2021 | Composer & Sound Designer

Digital works created across 6 schools in response to the Donmar Warehouse’s show ‘Blindness’ as part of Donmar Discover.

PLANET OF THE UNKNOWN is a science fiction audio piece that asks the question: if we had to leave Earth behind and go somewhere new, what would we miss, and what would we leave behind? We wanted to address the big issues raised by the pandemic, but approach them from an unfamiliar angle. For anyone who’s started looking differently at life, the universe, and everything.

Created by Thomas Bailey and students from Grey Coat Hospital School

Composer and Sound Designer Alice Boyd

THE TIME WHEN TIME STOPPED is an audio piece from a group of artists in Year 10, that aims to capture their thoughts, feelings, fears and aspirations, having survived the unexampled upheavals of 2020–2021. Devised over 8 weeks via instant messaging, then recorded in class once schools reopened, we hope it will serve as an aural time capsule, and stand as a testament to the resilience and artistry of generation lockdown.

Created by Thomas Bailey and students from Haverstock School

Composer and Sound Designer Alice Boyd