When Lenore’s father passes away, she is overcome with memories and rage. In order to rebuild herself, she embarks on a solitary journey through time accompanied by poetry and music as she returns home to an unexpected visitor.
Writer/performer Yanina Hope
A hauntingly beautiful new experimental musical theatre piece, The Sound of Absence explores the intricate bond between father and daughter — and the unspoken reasons behind the choices our parents make.
Blending live piano, spoken word, and movement, this performance transforms the stage into a landscape of sound and emotion. Music and narrative become inseparable: a single story told through two voices – one spoken, one played, an equal conversation where neither leads, neither follows.
Yanina Hope and Ivanka Polchenko are respectively the Performer-Playwright and Director of The Sound of Absence. They bill the piece as an exploration of loss, memory, and the way “music becomes our companion in grief”.
Yanina says in this Binge Fringe interview that “After his passing, I found myself wanting to understand my father more deeply — to explore who he was, what shaped him, and what made him the father he was to me. This piece became a journey of discovery – not only of him, but of myself through him. I wanted to dive into the layers of memory, perception, and love that define our closest relationships.”
Omnibus Theatre
1 Clapham Common Northside
London SW4 0QW
Dates: 24 – 28 February 2026
Tickets here: omnibus-clapham.org/sound-of-absence
7:30pm (TUES – SAT) 2:30pm (SAT)
£20 STANDARD / £18 CONCESSION
Age Recommendation: 14+
Duration: 1 HOUR 10 MINS
Writer/performer: Yanina Hope
Music: Vladyslav Kuznetsov
Directed by: Ivanka Polchenko
Movement: Anelya Korzik
Costume & Set: Shahaf Beer
Lighting Designer: thegeorgeNET
Produced by David Royzengurt and Associate Producer Polina Ostrovskaya
There will be a post-show Q&A on 25th February with director Ivanka Polchenko and writer/actress Yanina Hope and the creative team, moderated by Rachel Barker, the creator of Girl on Film Youtube channel dedicated to female-centric art. They’ll be diving into the background and process of making The Sound of Absence, discussing auto-fiction, gender archetypes and multidisciplinary theatre. Free to all ticket holders.
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