The Doppler Effect presents a poetic world where space, visual design, dance, words, and music come together to tell the story of a young gay man’s experience of post-conflict Northern Ireland.

A multi-disciplinary installation, The Doppler Effect charts one gay man’s journey through the rain filled streets of a Belfast night. A search for fast sex on a dance floor mixes with mathematical philosophy, obsessive compulsion and Ingrid Bergman’s beauty.

Written and directed by double Ivor Novello nominated Conor Mitchell, this immersive production places a dancer, actor and chamber ensemble of orchestral musicians inside a multimedia projection box that comes to life with some of theatre’s most imagination and contemporary video design by Northern Irish artist Gavin Peden.

Originally produced by Belfast Ensemble and presented in association with Outburst Arts for Outburst Queer Arts Festival, this work blends the worlds of theatre, music, video and queer stories in a way that breaks new ground for the genre and the audience. Spectators circle the installation freely, pausing to observe, reflect and absorb the total experience of queer life in Belfast – a city that finds itself at odds with identity and pride.