BARDO is an experiential audio walk. It’s a guided audio piece combining fact and fiction, rediscovering the lost voices of women’s literary London. It’s stories are heavily inspired by South London’s Feminist Library.
Guided by a Librarian and an Open Book, we will make our way along the foreshore of the Thames, into the romance of Theatreland, then the history of Bloomsbury. Surprises, uncertainties, music and stories trace women’s London like never before.
What is it to walk a line of uncertainty, to experience a Bardo?
Bardo is a Tibetan word that depicts being in a realm of transition. Often it is assumed to be undesirable; full of uncertainty and unrest, suspended between life and death.
But this realm can fuel creativity. It can overturn the old and summon the new. As the past is ruptured, in this in-between state the previously unimagined can emerge.
Please note, walkers need a smart phone and headphones.
The walk itself takes approx 1hour and 30 minutes and is timed for our arrival into the theatre space where there will be a short performance. We will be walking together at an average walking pace. Please wear appropriate footwear.
Devised by Feminist Library’s inaugural Writer in Residence, Caroline Smith, in partnership with Feminist Library, The Beth Centre and Camden People’s Theatre. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Tickets available from Camden People’s Theatre Box Office: 020 7419 4841 or website. Priced £7/£5.
If you have queries about the walk, please contact Camden People’s Theatre or [email protected]
Transport: The Feminist Library is a few minutes walk from either Waterloo or Elephant & Castle tube and rail stations. Camden People’s Theatre is a few minutes walk from either Euston, Warren Street or Kings Cross.
