Cape to Cape: Notes on South African fieldwork
I have recently spent a little over a month travelling between Cape Town and Grahamstown in South Africa, sitting-in and observing rehearsals for productions showing at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2016. My trip has included meeting with Mandla Mbothwe at Artscape in Cape Town and watching performances from his […]
The Wardrobe Project: Documentary theatre and training ground
With Sonja Linden of Visible I have been conceptualising a type of auto/biographical production process, engaging both process and product. We have aimed towards professional theatre outcomes in addition to specific community engagement and capacity building outcomes. The Wardrobe Project is one of our most major Practice as Research Projects, […]
All we need is space: Old Vic New Voices
This stunning rehearsal studio at Jerwood Studios in London was the beginning of some my key current practice as research inquiries regarding ethics and engagement in auto/biographical performance processes. Project Assistant and Researcher, Housed by David Watson, Old Vic, London Housed was a production written by David Watson that was […]
The War Party: Immersive promenade performance at Fulham Palace
I recently devised a biographical performance about Bishop Fisher, his wife Rosamund Fisher and their six sons, focusing on their challenge of supporting morale on the home front of London during the Second World War. The performance was titled The War Party and it was a sold-out immersive promenade performance […]