The stage is dominated by a taller than ordinary woman, barefoot, clad in pastel pink lycra, her hair drenched in water. Her pupils look white. She steps forward, shakily, a long pole in her hand. Is she a clairvoyant? a diviner? a standard-bearer? Is she the mother of the universe? Or maybe she will lead us, trembling, onto an unknown fate?
Ana Lucia Barbosa, 6’8’’ in height, is both the performer in and inspiration for the show. Does the title, tomorrow, hide the key to understanding it?
Composer Scott Gibbons gave his best to translate her enigmatic, nervous stride in painfully, acoustically unnerving questions.