STICK AND STONE

by Ferdinando + Bernstein

Performance

An image of a man and woman stood in the middle of a wheat field. The man is holding a long stick.

We have lost 50% of all wild things. What are we going to do? Communicating through physical comedy and visual imagery, Ferdinando + Bernstein face the climate breakdown with the joy of idiocy and play.

They invite all citizens of this place to discover the simplicity of a stick and stone. Feel the rough bark in your hand and let it be a guide back to the woods. Hold the stone, it is the mountain and the shoreline. Doom scrolling is over. How do we make sense of it all and make nature great again? Together. From the small younger just born, to the older maybe slightly battered and torn, this story includes us all. The ones that live beneath our feet and around our heads, the odd ones, the strange ones, the fundamental ones that connect us to all life.

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An image of a man and a woman stood in a field. The man is holding a long stick and the woman is holding large white stone under her arm. There are electricity pylons in the background.

A close up image of a man and woman stood in a wheat field. The woman is holding up a long stick and the man is holding a grey stone with a hole in the middle.

About Ferdinando + Bernstein

We are two people who have enjoyed the care free nature of comedy and improvisation, mainly physical. We write words to inspire our actions. Some get used in our projects. We both live lives in woods and gardens, nurturing nature connectedness. We draw, we create prints, we sing sometimes.

Funding, commissioning and partner credits:

Stick and Stone is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Certain Blacks, Brighton Festival, Activate/Inside Out Dorset and Stockton International Riverside Festival.