Performance

“Days Like These” 2012 – MA Independent Performance Project, York St John University Inspired by David Hare’s Play plenty, performed when I was at school and 17, this performance explores memory and what happens when we refuse to let go of our past, ‘it’s as though it’s all been written out on the page forContinue reading “Performance”

Sex and the Studio

Couldn’t resist that title as it flowed off my finger tips onto the screen… no delete button for that instant outpouring. I’ve been in the studio re-membering Underwear as part of my current research which I’m calling ‘Make again. Make new.’ Its been an interesting few hours and it was good to get started, startingContinue reading “Sex and the Studio”

Live Art Therapy

Live Art Therapy | An Exploration of Fear | An Exploration of Exclusion Live Art Therapy is a durational, interactive installation which asks if we can find an answer to the question, ‘what is live art?’. Participants are invited to view materials, contribute to discussion and to create for camera their own stills and write description forContinue reading “Live Art Therapy”

where to now?

It’s August. I promised myself July off, which I did to some extent. I performed in a children’s theatre piece at a festival near Birmingham. Does that count as working? I keep thinking about trains. About trains and suicide. About the ripple effect of the attempt to end a life that results in delayed trains.Continue reading “where to now?”

Play Me

In this room, with us tonight is a lady. And that lady is a child. This child becomes a lady. This young girl becomes a lady. But not on her own. She needs your help to make this transition. She is asking for your help. More than that she’s begging, begging for your help toContinue reading “Play Me”

A Nice Cup of Tea

Let Me Solve Your Problems, Let Me Make You a Cup of Tea. Tea the great soother. Tea the great problem solver. A Nice Cup of Tea was written, devised and performed in 2008. Installation and performance In response to needing to make it better, without really knowing what is wrong the smiling host willContinue reading “A Nice Cup of Tea”

underwear

I am a woman. I am a girl. I am whatever you want me to be. I am submissive. I am a dominatrix. I am a nymphomaniac. I am frigid. I am a lover. I am a friend. I am a fuck. I am the girl you lost your virginity to. I am dirty. IContinue reading “underwear”