Voila! Festival 2024 | Naran Ja by azza-har Friday 22nd November, 7.30pm - 8.30pm Saturday 23rd November, 7.30pm - 8.30pm Book Now Naran Ja is about an orange. Maybe the last orange. It is also about a child. It is also about myriad other objects and bodies on a stage. Some animated, some not - but all alive nonetheless. Combining mime, object theatre and clown, Naran Ja is a dream-like fable about a child skipping bedtime to follow an orange into an absurd, sometimes ridiculous world of objects. Naran Ja is an attempt to address the unspeakable; using light and darkness, sound, objects and movement to face the paralysing, almost inconceivable thought of finding yourself in an age of mass extinction. It is a search for comfort, perhaps even hope, in the strangeness of things that we can’t quite fully comprehend. Inspired by a range of influences from Soviet stop-motion animation to well-known children’s literature, Naran Ja is an invitation to surrender to the absurd. This performance is a work-in-progress. Credits Supported by ROAR Rotherham Wolves Lane Centre - supporting organisation About this performance Age guidance: This performance is open to all ages Interval: This performance does not have an interval. Post show discussion: The artist will confirm nearer the time if this performance will have a post show discussion. Accessibility See our Accessibility Guide for information about access in our venue. "Wonderfully simple playfulness" "Playful, Rough, Intimate and touchingly funny" "A piece that will hang around in your mind" ★★★★ London Theatre 1 Find out more about azza-har azza-har is an emerging performing arts project bringing UK-based, international artists together to delve into new territories in visual & experimental performance. We make visual, poetic and absurd theatre that is family friendly. Our work speaks to the beautiful quirks of being a living, breathing thing in a living, breathing biosphere. Facebook: /azzahartheatre Twitter: @azzahartheatre Instagram: @azzahar.co Voila! Festival 2024 Voila! Europe is a multilingual theatre festival produced by The Cockpit. Our curated programme of cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary performance opens a trusted portal to new European theatre for independent artists and adventurous audiences. The festival is live on stage in London and live online everywhere, gathering together a welcoming community of the culturally curious Find out more about the Voila! programme here. Book Manage Cookie Preferences