DIG 2025: Claire Cunningham - Songs of the Wayfarer

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In this solo performance, Claire Cunningham asks - what is it to wander? To seek to scale great heights? What can be learned from those of us who reach for the ground through crutches.

About DIG 2025: Claire Cunningham - Songs of the Wayfarer

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In this solo performance, disabled choreographer and singer Claire Cunningham traverses landscapes of nature, stage and Gustav Mahler’s song cycle to navigate both known and unfamiliar landscapes, alongside profound loss and change in our lives.

Friday 9 May, 7 to 8.30pm (BSL interpreted)
Saturday 10 May, 4 to 5.30pm

“I really love turning into this sort of four-legged creature. All the little places that you can wedge the crutch really right into a corner or into a crack. In Scotland, we’d say nooks and crannies. I get so lost in that sort of play…when the ground really becomes… my companion.”

In this new solo performance, Cunningham asks - what is it to wander? To seek to scale great heights? What can be learned from those of us who reach for the ground through crutches as 4-legged creatures, the choreography of crip* navigation, and the maps we would re-draw? Of scale and time and energy? What does it means to keep going and, importantly, to know when to turn back?

Led by her lived experience as a disabled person, her memory of training as a classical singer, knowledge drawn from the world of mountaineering, and Gustav Mahler’s ‘Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen’, Claire Cunningham sets out to traverse known and unfamiliar landscapes. Through a crip* lens, Cunningham invites us to pay closer attention to the ways we navigate the physical world, alongside profound loss and change in our lives.

*Crip is a political and cultural identity embraced by some disabled individuals

“The work encourages us to savour our moments of observation as well as action, to question all kinds of hierarchies, to be kind to ourselves and others. Rich in compassion and invention, Cunningham’s work is gentle, poignant and thought-provoking.” - The Review Hub

Recommended for ages 12+

ACCESS: Relaxed performance, Audio description available, BSL interpreted on 9 May.

Audience notes
This show deals with themes of grief and loss
There are moments when Claire is in close proximity to the audience. They may be asked to hold items for her (they are free to say no). A map of the stage will be provided which highlights where these seats are so people can choose to sit elsewhere if they wish.

Photo - Sven Hagolani

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