{"id":57,"date":"2024-07-31T05:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T04:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/?p=57"},"modified":"2024-08-18T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T21:47:55","slug":"verbatim-play-sonder-unseen-connections-between-5-strangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/2024\/07\/31\/verbatim-play-sonder-unseen-connections-between-5-strangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbatim play \u2018SONDER&#8217;: unseen connections between 5 strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SONDER achieved huge success during the Durham Fringe Festival last week. This is a verbatim play produced by Wrongtree, talking about strangers, connection, community, hopes and fears. The stage is set in Durham, and the text is constructed solely from the verbatim words of 5 residents, exploring how our lives often silently collide with those around us, from the mundane to the massive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/yang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23176\/2024\/07\/DSC00723-1170x780.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SONDER Creative Team\uff08photo credit: Yang Zhang)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SONDER\u2019s creative team shared the view they wanted to convey to the audience is that strangers aren&#8217;t as different as we might think. They may be connected to us invisibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Verbatim play \u2018SONDER&#039;: unseen connections between 5 strangers\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZKwOLwqTUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SONDER&#8217;s Interview of creative teams and audiences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Elena Jennings-Mars, co-writer and co-director, explains that the word SONDER comes from The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com\/concept\/sonder\">Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows<\/a>. \u201cIt sounds very dark, but it means this is sort of outlet. It&#8217;s the profound realization that strangers passing you by are living a life as complex and multifaceted as your own,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The play also received positive feedback from its audience. &#8220;It was really beautifully done,&#8221; said David Sherman, who attended the play. &#8220;It was very moving.&#8221; Ben Donaghy&nbsp;and Finn Durkan-Mills also said it&#8217;s a fantastic play. 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