5 performers dressed in pale overalls with hardhats sing from behind a wire mesh screen. They are lit by a number of industrial style lights. In the foreground are crates full of coal which are alight.

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Salt

Site-specific production commissioned by the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany 2008.

A magical journey through a derelict 4 storey salt factory in the famous Zollverein Coking plant in Essen, Germany.  

Sue Buckmaster (Artistic Director) and Louise Ann Wilson (Designer & Co-Director) were initially intrigued by the transformations and chemical processes that had taken place in the salt factory, and aware of how important the factory and the whole coking plant had been to the community in Essen.  

The building was originally home to the transformations and chemical processes that created sodium phosphate (salt) from coal. During each performance, 90 audience members were taken on a journey inspired by the space, its history, alchemical imagery and the power of archetypes. 

Salt was presented at the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany in 2008. 

Cast

Creative Team

Sue Buckmaster

Director

“ Above all, however, this is industrial theatre. One finds clear, beautiful pictures, clowning, improvisation and role play. Ideas appear like fireworks creating magical moments. ”
NRZ, Germany
“ Sue Buckmaster and her ensemble enriched the Ruhrtriennale with Salt, creating a magical theatre experience for children (starting from eight), which adults also should not miss. ”
Westfäli, Germany

Salt Gallery

2 performers dressed in boiler suits and wearing orange hard hats manipulate a puppet wearing a full length white coat with a lit industrial bulb for a head.

© Chloe Lamford

2 performers manipulate a puppet called Salt Man who is dressed in a full length white jacket, white gloves with a head made from white fabric. A third performer looks on at the side.

© Chloe Lamford

a performer is dressed in chef's uniform and sits on a conveyor belt with a light shining behind him. 4 performers stand on either side of the conveyor belt observing, 3 wear pale overalls and orange industrial hard hats, the fourth wears a white lab coat and blue plastic gloves holding a notepad.

© Diana Kuster

a young boy reaches his left hand up to a funnel which is releasing salt onto smaller funnels beneath it, causing a cascading effect.

© Diana Kuster

5 performers dressed in pale overalls with hardhats sing from behind a wire mesh screen. They are lit by a number of industrial style lights. In the foreground are crates full of coal which are alight.

© Chloe Lamford

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2 performers dressed in boiler suits and wearing orange hard hats manipulate a puppet wearing a full length white coat with a lit industrial bulb for a head.
2 performers manipulate a puppet called Salt Man who is dressed in a full length white jacket, white gloves with a head made from white fabric. A third performer looks on at the side.
a performer is dressed in chef's uniform and sits on a conveyor belt with a light shining behind him. 4 performers stand on either side of the conveyor belt observing, 3 wear pale overalls and orange industrial hard hats, the fourth wears a white lab coat and blue plastic gloves holding a notepad.
a young boy reaches his left hand up to a funnel which is releasing salt onto smaller funnels beneath it, causing a cascading effect.
5 performers dressed in pale overalls with hardhats sing from behind a wire mesh screen. They are lit by a number of industrial style lights. In the foreground are crates full of coal which are alight.
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