Today seems like any other morning for Iris. But when her glasses break in a curious accident, she finds herself propelled on an unusual journey through the city she thought she knew.
Before her very eyes, the world is beginning to come to life in bewildering and thrilling new ways. The oddities of her co-workers in the library, the prophetic newspaper vendor she passes every day, even the ducks in her local pond.
Using live music and physical storytelling Glass-Eye create a comical universe where every living and inanimate thing is waiting to reveal its unexpected inner life…
Supported by Arts Council England and Greenwich Theatre
Dates & Times
The Box @ The Met
The City and Iris
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