Just a little mutual love and back scratch to artist “Darcy Isla” for her lovely feedback on her recent blog about a piece of work I made in 2008 … almost made me think of bringing it back to life. A girl I met at university, while we were there, created this piece of theatre, centering aroundContinue reading “A Nice Cup of Tea – refreshed”
Category Archives: Performance
The Distance Travelled – new research blog
So its been coming for a while and finally I have found a little space and time to get it together – a new blog, for a new process, with the aim of a new performance. So far I have travelled on trains, through time and now on foot…. a travelling auto-ethnographer seems to beContinue reading “The Distance Travelled – new research blog”
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“Days Like These”
“Days Like These” was written for anyone who was ever 17. “You see the play is about this woman, this woman looking for a girl… and we’re running out of time….this play it’s not going anywhere, we’re not going anywhere….these characters aren’t going to change, its like they are stuck to the page” Drawing onContinue reading ““Days Like These””
“Days Like These”
As part of York St John University’s Graduate Showcase Festival, Create ’12, I will be performing “Days Like These”. So if you missed out the first time, make sure you catch it this time. It really is rather good! Tickets are free and can be booked here “Days Like These” 6pm – Monday 21st MayContinue reading ““Days Like These””
“Days Like These”
Left Luggage
“A girl in a black dress gets on a train…..” Left Luggage is a tale of loss and remembrance. This story folds narrative, autobiography and testimony into a journey that we all know, a journey we all take, and sometimes fear that we will have to take again and again. View the paper documentation Left Luggage from Gemma Alldred on Vimeo.
Left Luggage @ The Little Festival of Everything
Left Luggage will be part of the very exciting, ‘Little Festival of Everything’, at the Fauconberg Arms in Coxwold, 25th – 27th November. Organised by the rather lovely ‘Flanagan Collective‘. More details to come.
Gemma Alldred 