CLOUDS
Some stories aren’t told to be understood — they’re felt.
CLOUDS is an act of witnessing. Two figures share a stage: one speaks, one listens. Neither fully knows what they’re searching for — but something is shifting between them. Some things are shouted, others left unspoken. It all unfolds into something irreversible.
A thread connects each body to a cloud. But not all clouds behave the same.
With its poetic language, fractured rhythm, and minimal visual world, CLOUDS moves from the unfamiliar to the intimate, from absence to a quiet cry for help.
This play isn’t about answers. It exists in the space between memory and forgetting, presence and absence, being seen and being looked through.
Performed in a quiet, suspended atmosphere, CLOUDS invites audiences to listen differently — not for resolution, but for resonance. It asks what lingers when a story ends, and whether bearing witness is ever truly passive.
Created by Sule Selin Cicek, a first-generation migrant artist, CLOUDS explores what it means to witness someone you love slowly dissipating — and to wonder if it could have been different.
Cast & Creatives
Writer & Director: Sule Selin Cicek
Date & Time: Friday 26th September @5:30pm
Running Time: 40mins
Content warnings: Age 14+ Themes of grief and emotional trauma unknown node•unknown nodeMental health struggles unknown node•unknown nodeImplied social exclusion and gender-based isolation unknown node•unknown nodeReference to forced migration / exile unknown node•unknown nodeLoss of identity and psychological dissociation. Audience Interaction.
Latecomers may not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
Venue
Venue: The Glitch
The Glitch is a vibrant artsy café & bar and unique creative space in the heart of Waterloo, created by VAULT Creative Arts, producers of VAULT Festival. Good coffee, cheeesy toasties, cold beers, delicious cocktails and the most welcoming staff. It’s the perfect place to meet with friends, work in comfort, or relax admiring local artworks. As the evening draws in, the space morphs into a lively bar with intimate nights of comedy, theatre, music, spoken word, and special one-off events and parties. A unique space with plenty of atmosphere that’s open and inclusive to all. Queer-friendly and proudly a safe space for the LGBTQIA community, with many events led by or created for queer people.
The Theatre is downstairs at The Glitch with a capacity of 54 and versitle set-up. Ideal for theatre, comedy, experimental, cabaret and WIP shows. Full tech spec cab be viewed here
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