Photos by Paul Cochrane
My Garden of Eden.
The highly anticipated My Garden of Eden debuted to sold out audiences in the Milton Court Studio Theatre in December 2022. The piece is described as an ‘unconventional but significantly moving stream of consciousness’. My Garden of Eden is a theatrical piece exploring multiple narratives from the perspective of a man at different points in his life from London split between three actors through movement, poetry, song, and music. Throughout the epic piece we question the self, the black British experience, race, 1st world problems vs 3rd world problems. And most importantly how we cling to hope as humans when life is at its bleakest point.
Creative team
Written by Obadiah
Direction - Joseph Clark & Obadiah
Musical director - Abdul Sessay
Stage Manager & DSM - Alex Gasson-Gray
Poster design - Rangel (Sum Atelier)
Cast
Prince Owusu, Obadiah and Arnold Lumu as Spirits.
Musicians
Camille Saïd - Violinist.
Cameron Gorman - Percussionist.
William Bracken - Pianist.
Produced by Undisciplined & Guildhall.
With special thanks to Gilly Roche and Dorcas A. Stevens.
Testimonies
Steven Kavuma, Director/ Former Head of programming at Seven Dials Playhouse.
"An extraordinary piece which gave me goosebumps within the first 5 minutes. I was gripped throughout. Different, yet revolutionary in the way it tells its story. It has life"
Armin Zanner, Vice Principal & Director of Music at Guildhall school of Music and Drama.
“I went yesterday to see My Garden of Eden. What an outstanding piece! It so powerfully entwines the personal with the historic, is so impressively paced and the performances and designs were excellent. I was very happy to have experienced it: an inspiring afternoon in the theatre and a demonstration of superb collaboration.”
For a link to the live recording email: Mountainsgroup@outlook.com