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””
Category Archives: Writing
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.
Travel Survey Tony
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”
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”
Out of Character: Homespun
Homespun Directed by Gemma Alldred May 2011: Create 11, York St. John University Homespun was a performance on the theme of ‘home’, and was a collaboration between Out of Character and the Converge students from the Working Towards Performance course. More information and performance photos can be found on the blog that was created during the process: homeandaplay.wordpress.com Continue reading “Out of Character: Homespun”
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”
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