cleave festival 2021
In The Summer Before, audiences visit a fictional room wandering in Time, where its inhabitant guides them on a journey of lost innocence through fragments of non-fictional stories/moments from the lived experience of abuse and sex trafficking.
THE
SUMMER
BEFORE
ELIAS
7th July, 20:10 (Route A) & 8th July, 19:45 (Route A)
Studio 4
35 minutes
Elias is a visual and performance artist. Throughout Elias’ work runs a deep fascination about issues surrounding human rights, especially LGBTQ+ communities, animal rights and mental health.
He studied Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK and trained at Leeds University in Meyerhold’s Biomechanics. He is currently finishing his MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths University of London.
He has participated in festivals in England, Wales and Greece.
Elias was born in Lamia, Greece and lives and works in London, UK.