I’m pleased to announce Bird will be debuting at this years Surge festival in Glasgow. For more information about the festival and to have a look at the official brouchure, please visit - http://www.conflux.co.uk/index.php?page=festivals
Photos by David Pollock
Rehearsals at Kinning Park Complex - http://www.kinningparkcomplex.org/
At the beginning of this year, I had two versions of my solo show Bird that I had performed as work-in-progress showings in Glasgow and Barcelona. Last month, I was awarded an opportunity to further develop my piece for professional presentation at this years Surge festival in Glasgow. This opportunity has come at a great time because it follows a wonderful nurturing period from different sources over the last year. Now it’s time to let Bird fly!
The initial stage of this opportunity with Conflux involved working on my piece for a week with mentor/director Ben Harrison from the Scottish company Grid Iron. My aim was to combine the elements I liked most from both versions of the show into a new and more finalised piece. This mainly involved re-working the structure slightly and clarifying a lot of the ‘choreography’ in the show. It was a great week and one I felt was very productive as well as challenging. It was very exciting to begin to look at the costume and set in more detail as well. David and I will continue to rehearse Bird until the performance dates at the end of July. I’m enjoying finding the pleasure and subtleties in the performance and play of the show as we rehearse more and more.
Official promotional information, including the official poster etc will be posted soon!
Hello, please click the photo below to find out why I’m looking for people to sponsor me to jump out of a flying plane this May!
From this Monday to next, I’m in Scandinavia helping out at a new International Woman’s Clown Festival based in Finland called The Red Pearl Festival. It’s the first time this country has hosted such a festival and it seems to be going down very well with the audiences here. So far I’ve seen performances by Angela De Castro, Nola Rae and Rachel Ponsonby. It’s been a wonderful experience so far to witness these top performers doing what they love doing most. Each one is unique and wonderful in their own way.
This is the first time I’ve witnessed a clown festival, let alone an all female clown festival. It’s a beautiful thing to me because, throughout all the laughter and surreal scenarios, there is an energy and motivation from each performer to connect or to say something it seems. And as much as it is a privilege for me to watch them, they all share with the audience the privilege of being there with everyone in that moment. They each do this in their own way too. It’s been great to see and a wonderful experience so far.
Really looking forward to the rest of the week. For more info on the festival , take a look at
http://www.facebook.com/events/178944482204188/?ref=nf
and
http://www.reginateatern.se/index.php?id=829
This Monday and Tuesday will be spent at The Arches in Glasgow working with Ronnie Phipps and David Pollock. We’ll be working on the lighting aspect of Bird and filming a short a promo video. I’m hoping that new material will develop from playing with the lighting and staging processes.
I was able to focus very intently on the narrative and themes in Bird when I was in Barcelona towards the end of last year. It’s a joy to now focus on the visuals whilst continue to experiment with the material itself.
