Tarot (2019 / 2020) - Joanna Vymeris - theatre
Joanna directed and produced Tarot which premiered at The Vaults UK in March 2019 before a run at the Edinburgh Fringe at Bijou tent Assembly Festival in August 2019, followed by a return to the London Southbank at Underbelly in September 2019, and a sell out run at VAULT Festival 2020. Joanna worked with world class acrobats, YOSHI the band, and Tessa Blackman (2019) and Ruby Wednesday (2020) as the host and Tarot reader. The show blended live audience tarot card readings with improvised and set piece circus and music performances in response to the readings.
The freedom of fortune or the dark depths of downfall, in the turn of a card.
From the glimmer in a crystal ball or the swirl of the tealeaves, the Feath- ers conjure up a magical night of circus, music, improvisation, imagina- tion and divination. A live audience tarot card reading will guide our per- formers in this unpredictable tale, where all is possible, and everything isunexpected. When the first card is turned our journey begins. Will the fool become the empress or the king lose his crown? Will the lovers be trapped in the caverns of the moon or the stars shine down on the hapless hanged man. You can shuffle the deck, you can lay down the cards, but the fates will dictate who will fly and who will fall.
Tarot press
Within Her Words ★★★★★ ‘Prepare to be completely captivated and awestruck with every element of the show.’
London Theatre Review ★★★★ ‘it is like a pot of magic that has all of the right ingredients; music, location that is perfectly matched to the subject matter; skilled performers and a little bit of mysticism added to spice it up.’
Culture Fly ★★★★ ‘Director Joanna Vymeris takes the haunting and private world of tarot, putting its theatricality centre stage in thrilling fashion.’
Everything Theatre ★★★★ ‘Both genre and gender are boundless in this show. In this one place you encounter circus, comedy, a concert and onstage Tarot reading.’
730 Review ★★★★ ‘It’s dark and tempting; like the desire to discover your future in a pack of cards’
Spy in the Stalls ★★★★ ‘irresistibly watchable, Tarot is original, free-spirited and entertaining’
Wee Review ★★★★ ‘a magnificent, magical circus display with an incredible soundtrack and a lo
Wee Review ★★★★‘a magnificent, magical circus display with an incredible soundtrack and a look to die for’
EdFringe Review★★★★ ‘Tarot is a spell-binding hour of incredible human feats that leaves you awestruck and changed. We’re not sure whether it’s theatre, or acrobatics, or dance, or comedy, or clairvoyance. The Feathers of Daedalus perform a jaw-dropping blend of all of these that combines to be truly mind- bending: this must be circus.’
Broadway Baby ★★★★‘Tarot cards occupy an interesting place in our culture, from esoteric symbols of divination to prisms through which psychoanalysts can explore subconscious archetypes. This show infuses this powerful cultural imagery with music, energy and impressive, highly-charged physical performance’.
The Mumble ★★★★ ‘Poetic, but non verbose, humorous, but atmospheric at all times, ethereal or intense, Tarot is a soulful and playful journey that adjusts the past at the present and vice versa without feeling pretentious or forced.’
