This international collaboration between Wales, Norway and Nepal is a Theatre/Circus Performance with Norwegian Writer/director Sverre Waage & MD Per Zanussi, Welsh producer (Ali Williams ), design team (Tarn Aitkein/Rhi Matthews-nofitstate) and Nepalese artists Aman Tamang and Renu Ghalan.
Two Nepalese circus artists ask questions about life, soul, love, science and nature, tell stories from their culture that relate to these themes through text, ceremony and circus. They talk about the visible and the invisible parts that make us human. The parts that the audience see and don't see. They explain that through the performance they will make the invisible, visible and expose who they are. Through tales of life, grandmothers, temple trees and children sacrificed to change destiny it becomes clear that they were lost children, the lucky ones, creating new memories to light up the darkness. A final image of the empty shells of children's clothing laid out on the stage represents all the other lost children and the opportunity for them to be free.
Aman and Renu were originally trafficked into Indian circuses and spent their childhood in bonded labour, and the performance is particularly powerful and authentic because of the artist's backstory. The themes of the piece help to raise awareness about human trafficking of children, which UNICEF reports 1 million children fall victim to each year. So while it is a show about love, life and humanity it will also carry a strong message to raise awareness about the reality of this world.