Light Stories

Matthew Barley – Solo Cello and Electronics with video design by YeastCulture and on-screen dance by Mavin Khoo

 Matthew Barley, ‘The world’s most adventurous cellist’ (The Times) performs his own music alongside composers such as Anna Meredith, John Metcalfe and Bach. 

A deeply personal and epic journey, Light Stories weaves together music, projected imagery, and electronics to narrate Matthew’s personal story, exploring the transformative power of music to heal, console, and uplift.

Innovative video designers Yeast Culture create projected images as a vivid counterpoint to the music (with on-screen dancer Mavin Khoo (Akram Khan), creating a magical and theatrical experience that evokes the darkness of trauma and its transformation into clarity, understanding and joy.