Standby for Tape Backup

“Two years ago, I found a videotape in my loft. On it: one and a half films, one quiz show and two sitcoms. Somehow it became the story of my life.”

“Two years ago, I found a videotape in my loft. On it: one and a half films, one quiz show and two sitcoms. Somehow it became the story of my life.”

For many of us, the detritus of pop culture helps to map out our progress through the decades. In his mesmeric new one-man show, Ross Sutherland uses a fuzzy recording of 80s television to commune with the granddad who first introduced him to Ghostbusters. The title sequence of Fresh Prince of Bel Air is restlessly looped until it becomes a vision of the afterlife. The contestants in the Cystal Maze seem trapped for eternity. Even Natwest adverts take on metaphysical weight in this haunted VCR, and somehow Sutherland spins the whole thing into an affecting meditation on lost connections.

Recommended age for this event is 16+ This event is presented in partnership with mac birmingham.