SITA iona Pieraccini
Sita is an award winning performer and artist from Paisley, Scotland working professionally as an actor, musician, director and hospital clown. Sita’s embodied practice encompasses writing, performance video, and voice. Her live works to date explore collaboration between physical performance, live music and innovative use of projection. Meticulously crafted, Sita seeks a poetic theatricality on stage.
Recent collaborations include working as performer and assistant film maker on a new feature length film by artist Martin Creed; exploring microscopes and live vocals as part of Strange Loop with artist Jamie Wardrop and directing new immersive club theatre show Club Life by Fred Deakin for which she won a Fringe First at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023. Her collaborations fuel an ongoing interest in artistic thresholds, interdisciplinary performance practices and artist as author.
Sita’s projects have been associated with Sanctuary Festival, Manipulate Festival/Puppet Animation Scotland, The National Theatre of Scotland, The Institut Français, The Actors Space (Catalunya), UZ Arts/Sura Medura (Sri Lanka), The Arches, Cumbernauld Theatre, Paisley Arts Centre, Renfrewshire Leisure, Surge and Dance Base.
Clown Doctor/Arts in Healthcare practitioner for Hearts and Minds Charity working in hospitals, schools and hospices throughout Scotland. Vocalist and Bassist for independent Scottish band, Teencanteen. Ensemble member and co-founder of LARDS physical theatre ensemble.
CONTACT: sitaionapieraccini@gmail.com