Emerge, et. al.

I’ve hit the ground running in 2012 with several new projects popping up straight away. First up is “Emerge,” a performance event coordinated to showcase the artists associated with the National Theatre of Scotland. This is a free but ticketed event at Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre, Thursday the 26th of January at 6 p.m. Find out more here: http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/emerge/

I’m performing a developed version of “The Farmville Crisis,” a piece originally written for Love Club in the summer. It was well received there but only to about five people. So, I’m looking forward to improving the piece and sharing it with a new handful of NTS loving audience members.
Hope to see you there!

And then next month I am facilitating a project from artist Iain Campbell F-W for Arika12, Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness.  This project is particularly enticing because it invites me into a new sector – the experimental music and video scene – of which I know very little and have no professional contact. But together Iain and I are producing a performance encounter that situates the festival goer in the dramatized reality of a music/art festival. Reflecting the gaze on itself by fictionalizing the actual experience but in the rose hues of absurdity. Although this will draw on numerous theatrical conventions it promises to erase the boundary between performer and audience member/aritst and prey.

For more check out the Arika12 website here. The performance dates for my contribution include Feb. 24, 25, and 26th. I hope you’ll be able to attend the festival and witness whatever Iain cooks up.

An in March I am looking forward to working on a new one-woman show. I will write more about that soon. But suffice is to say the spring is starting to look pretty busy.