Culture Watch: Deep Wheel Orcadia
A celebration of language, identity, and survival.
Based on the verse novel by Harry Josephine Giles, Deep Wheel Orcadia presents a fusion of performance and music, with a story told entirely in Orkney Scots (with English surtitles).
With a score by Atzi Muramatsu, the production is directed by Susan Worsfold, and the sci-fi narrative celebrates a living minority language and places it at the heart of the cosmos.
When Astrid returns home from art school on Mars, she’s lost to find inspiration on a distant, dilapidated space station spinning slowly through the stars – Deep Wheel Orcadia. As the station and its people struggle for survival, Astrid meets Darling, a mysterious Martian seeking refuge in an already troubled haven. The fragile connection between two outsiders becomes a lifeline as Deep Wheel Orcadia delves into queer identities and a struggle for survival.
"Minority languages, and rural languages in particular, are often cast as things of the past..." explains Harry Josephine Giles. "As things that are fading, dying out, and things that your granny spoke of and isn’t the same any more. So I wanted to send this language into space – and into the future - to show it is as much about now and what comes next as much as it is about the past. Deep Wheel Orcadia is very much a needed celebration of linguistic resilience, queer connection and the human (and post-human) desire to belong. It collapses time, place and genre into one unforgettable theatrical experience."
Tour Dates
- 26th June: Orkney Theatre
- 18th - 19th: The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
- 25th - 26th July: Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
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