Sir David Attenborough’s voice has soothed generations across the globe. What does it say about us that the character of Attenborough has become the defining communicator of the natural world? How has his gaze, his voice and his storytelling influenced what we consider ‘pristine’ and ‘beautiful’ and ‘untouched’?
Together with theatre maker Agat Sharma, we delve into the cultural weight of the 98-year old Attenborough and the ways his voice – authoritative, friendly and familiar – shapes and limits our understanding of nature. What remains untold?
An evening on the man who taught us how to see the natural world. A character study of Sir David Attenborough.
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Agat Sharma moved to Amsterdam from Jaipur, India in 2020 to study at DAS Theatre. He now works between India and The Netherlands as an artist, theater maker and educator. His work is a never-ending exploration of the connections between the uncanny and the banal, the natural and the modern. He’s fascinated by land, human bodies and borders and is deeply influenced by ‘folk’ and pre-modern ways of thinking about theater.
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