Presented by Wildworks

Directed by Mydd Pharo & created with the communities of Cornwall ‘I am Kevin’ was a promenade performance which took place on Carlyon Beach 6th to 20th August 2022

‘My mother stands at the water’s edge.
At the water’s edge stands a tree.
At the water’s edge, on the very edge,
at the water’s edge… Is me.’

At the water’s edge, beneath the shade of an ancient tree, a mother forms a perimeter to protect herself and her child from an unspeakable darkness.
The tide ebbs and flows, the years pass, and the boy is taught stories of the dangers that lay beyond the safety of her embrace.

But one day the boy awakes to find his mother is gone…and a stranger arrives at the perimeter’s edge.

The boy must walk out into a new world. A world of gods and monsters.
Experience this fantastical journey discovering the light amidst the darkness and take a deep dive into the depths of your consciousness to rewrite the stories that try to define us.

Dark, humorous, fiery and honest…

‘I AM KEVIN’ is a provocation to rediscover the power and possibility that lies beneath the surface of us all.


Director: Mydd Pharo
Written by: Mydd Pharo & Hannah Mcpake
Script Writer: Hannah McPake
Associate Director/Movement: Jen Fletcher
Musical Director & Composer: Benji Bower
Community Researcher & Dramaturg: Mercedes Kemp
Set Designer: Ellie Williams
Set Designer: Amy Pitt
Costume Designer: Mydd Pharo
Lighting Designer / Video Designer: Joshua Pharo
Sound Designer: Dan Balfour
Publicity Photography: Steve Tanner
Show Photography: Ian Kingsnorth
Choral Leader: Vicky Abbott
Movement Director: Rob Mennear
Producers: Sarah Hemsley-Cole & Emma Hogg
Production Manager: Fay Powell-Thomas
General Manager: Gwen Scolding
Finance Manager: Debra Gristwood
Company Stage Manager: Kylie Sullivan
Technical Stage Manager: Louis King
Assistant Stage Manager: Ica Niemz
Costume Supervisor: Meier Williams
Costume Maker: Sara Rose Whetherly
Costume Maker: Lucy Seaber
Technical Sound Associate: Jon Clarence
Production Electrician: Sarah Readman
Aerial Rigging: David Greaves
Marketing Consultant: Susan Hill
Communications Assistant: Jasmin Davies
Community Participation Co-ordinator: Laura Steen
Costume Assistant Intern: Millie Orla Kelly
Technical Assistant Intern: Jasper Knight
Choral Cornish translation: Fiona O’Cleirigh
Researcher: Rachel Lowden
PR Agency: Excess Energy
Set build/carpentry- The Tree: Luke Woods & Dan Richardson
Set build: Simon Bagnall, John Lewin, Dan Sutcliffe
Design assistant / Puppet maker: Mae Voogd
Design assistant: Esme Anderson
Design team: Al Carter & Kayla Rudd
Wood turner: Joe Huggett
Metal worker: Alex Cromby-Rogers

Community Groups:

Sensory Trust- Happy Wanderers St Austell
Shallal
Intercom
Carefree Cornwall
Mind
Plus the fab people of St Austell who joined our March drop-ins