in the dark - HUSH

HUSH is a show by in the dark at Bristol Cathedral, in which 30 performers and vocalists move among an audience seated in darkness, with no stage and no amplification.

in the dark is a pop, rock and indie act, and HUSH is its live performance at Bristol Cathedral, a religious building in Bristol. The project brings together 30 live performers, both musicians and vocalists, and the show uses no stage at all.

Audience members sit at the centre of the performance. Once they put on eye masks, the performers move through and between them, so the music is never still and each seat hears it differently. The sound is live and unamplified, shaped by choreographed movement that the act calls DarkSpatial, its own approach to sonic choreography.

The evening is built around hearing rather than seeing. The act describes it as a passage through darkness, stillness, movement and sound, with sight set aside for its duration.