Tag: Theatre

Private Plays on Mainspring Arts

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I have created 3 new online Private Plays for Mainspring Arts.
http://www.mainspringarts.org.uk/private-plays

The first one launched on 26 October and is called Faces.

The next two follow on 2 November and 9 November respectively.
They can be read here on the above dates.

Some extra info on the project can be read below, but please visit the Mainspring Private Plays website for full info and details –

Private Plays are intimate performance encounters that take place in unusual settings. These three exciting new plays have been created exclusively for Mainspring Arts by writer, artist and animator Steven Fraser, who is also founder of Do It Theatre.

Private Plays are designed specially for autistic people – although you don’t need to be autistic to read and enjoy them. These three plays – Faces, Touch and Talking – all take place in your home.

Video and Images from Out of Place Festival Paisley – May 2019

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Soon after I presented Letters We Leave Behind at Dundee Rep the show was presented in a shopping centre in Paisley. This location was different and due to miscommunication from the venue the work was presented over a shorter period of time. The set up made me think about myself in the performance space and from now on I will present 100% of the time in all productions. For this show I was absent and I feel that a human who understands the work needs to be there permanently. The shopping centre was an interesting way to present the show. People looked curiously into the window, but few people engaged with the interactive element of the show.

Video from Out of Place Festival Paisley – May 2019

Images from Out of Place Festival Paisley – May 2019

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Video and images from Rep Stripped at Dundee Rep

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Back in May 2019 I took part in the Rep Stripped Festival in Dundee. The event was in the Dundee Rep Theatre and I presented Letter We Leave Behind in the workshop room.

The production made me think about the use of space and how existing locations make an impact on the way I present my work. The Rep Stripped Festival was several months ago and soon after I presented Letters We Leave Behind in Paisley. This was in a totally different location and I will present videos, images and thoughts on this later.

I think Private Plays in the future will be different. More minimal. Smaller. Intimate and alive.

Video from Rep Stripped – Dundee Rep – May 2019

Images from Rep Stripped – Dundee Rep – May 2019

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Be My Friend, Please – Mini Zine

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This mini-zine is a performance in a zine that looks at loneliness when you are autistic. The story tackles friendship and asking for help. The zine itself features illustrations and instructions on how and where to act out the story (but as with the other performances in the mini-zine series, you can do it wherever you please).

Be My Friend, Please is available at – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/532370792/be-my-friend-please?ref=shop_home_active_16

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New Zine – Misremembering Sarah Kane

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I have a new zine for sale!

Misremembering Sarah Kane Through My Own Suicide Attempts is a comic book zine about my own experiences with mental health, suicide and self harm. The zine features text, essays and comics. It is an abstract retelling of how I confuse my memories with my experiences of watching and reading plays by the cult 1990’s playwright Sarah Kane. I use comic books as a means to discuss being a suicide survivor and how this can affect memory and personal experiences.

Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright who is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological—and death.

The zine is –
Full colour
40 pages
Staple bound
and Awesome

You can buy the zine here –

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/709565236/misremembering-sarah-kane-through-my-own?ref=shop_home_active_1

 

 

Northwest zine fest – July 28

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Northwest zine fest
People’s History Museum Manchester
Sunday 28 July 2019 (11am – 4pm)

I’ll be selling zines in Manchester on 28 July at NorthWest Zine Fest. I might even have a new one for sale. More info on this later!

Location
People’s History Museum
New Ct St,
Manchester
M3 3ER

Letters We leave Behind at Dundee Rep

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I will be presenting Letters We leave Behind at Dundee Rep as part of the Rep Stripped Festival on Saturday April 29 2019 from 12:00 – 19:00. The performance is part of a open festival of experimental new work. This will be a new and expanded version of the show.


Letters We Leave Behind is an interactive and transgressive performance designed for adults with autism. The show uses puppets and a series of hand written letters to tell an intimate and personal story.

Venue
Tay Square
Dundee
DD1 1PB

Dundee Zine Fest

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I will be selling some zines at Dundee Zine Fest on Saturday 03 November 2018.

I will be selling the zine for Delay, Ten Little Memories and two brand new zines! Addicted To Loneliness and Uncomfortable Sex with Total Strangers. The latter is a performance zine and the former features stories, essays and photographs.

Dundee Zine Fest takes place from 11am untill 4pm at –
Dundee West Church
130/32 Perth Rd,
Dundee DD1 4JW

 

 

 

 

Delay at Queer Art(ists) Now exhibition in London

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Delay will be showcasing at the Archive Gallery in London as part of an exhibition called Queer Art(ists) Now. The exhibition is takes place during the And What? Queer Arts Festival 2018 from 11 – 14 October 2018. Information below –

DELAY

October  11 – 14 2018
Archive Gallery , London

Delay is part of the Queer Art(ists) Now exhibition as part of the And What? Queer Arts Festival 2018.

Delay is a show in a Zine .

Venue
Archive Gallery
MillCo Project.
Rose Lipman Building
43 De Beauvoir Rd.
London
N1 5SQ