2024. Dur 85 minutes, Live instrumentation 6 voices, violin, cello, bass, harp, guitar, recorded: bass, synth, guitar, electronics.

An unflinching, heartfelt and uplifting exploration of love, loss and survival. Music, dance and recorded interviews from conversations across the UK are richly layered by a world class ensemble of musicians, dancers and actors to create an elegy to the power of story and human connection. Me Without You celebrates those we’ve lost and those of us who are still here.

“I’m still a sister. Your sister. Though it’s more like a secret over time. I catch myself looking for the empty places inside other people. It’s a way of not letting you go.” EL

Instrumentation: Harp, Guitar, Vln, Cello, Dble Bass, 6 x singers, electronics, loops

Media: projection, film, recorded testimony, live capture

Co-commissioned: Britten Pears Arts, Opera North, Spitalfields Music, Arts Council England