Icarus at the Edge of Time
3pm
a breathtaking journey through
SPACE, TIME and a BLACK HOLE
Discover what happens to Icarus, a young lad on an epic space voyage. He spots a black hole outside the spaceship and goes to explore – and the worst happens when he is sucked towards it. But that’s just the start of his adventure; Icarus survives, but when tries to return to the spaceship in what he believes to be a few minutes after leaving it, he gradually realises that many thousands of years have passed…
about the performance
Take your children on a breathtaking journey through space with Philip Glass’s first ever work for family audiences. He joins forces with celebrated physicist and children’s author Brian Greene to create an eyepopping trip into deep space as we follow the fortunes of young Icarus – the astronaut who flew too close to a black hole. Watch the tale unfold as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s spectacular playing dances, thunders and swoops around you with a cutting edge film by Al and Al transporting you deep into space with spectacular Hubble telescope inspired visuals.
familiy friendly performance
Sunday 17th October, 3pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Tickets: Adult £10, Child £5, Family Ticket £25
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1pm
interactive science park
by Glasgow Science Centre
This is one performance you'll want to be early for as your ticket gains you entry from 1pm to our Interactive Science Park presented in collaboration with the Glasgow Science Centre.
what’s inside
- An inflatable planetarium with live star show
- How to make the perfect comet
- Launch your own rocket
- Quiz an expert and ask them to explain... whatever it is you’d like to know about science!
bonus material
the book
Find out about and buy Brian Greene's book that inspired both the music and the film for this performance.
Available from Waterstones.com and Amazon.co.uk
One for the Grown Ups...
No kids? No problem!
You can still enjoy a performance of Philip Glass’s new work (and the spectacular Al+Al film) this time preceded by three of Steve Reich’s most entertaining and diverting works: Electric Counterpoint, Vermont Counterpoint and Violin Phase. In each piece Reich writes for a virtuoso soloist, accompanied by him or herself multi-tracked to create a dazzling ensemble. For this performance we’ve commissioned cutting edge visuals from to complete the trip.
Sunday 17th October, 4.15pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Icarus at the Edge of Time is commissioned and produced by World Science Festival (New York) with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Southbank Centre with the Royal Society. Co-commissioned by Associazione Festival della Scienza with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Glasgow’s Concert Halls.
