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A chat with Sh!t Theatre This is the day before our show Women’s Hour opens at Calm Down, Dear festival of feminsim. Today we have to figure out how to gaffa tape roller blades onto our feet, decide whether or not Emma Watson needs a mention, and actually learn our lines. We’re nervous about headlining a festival about women – … Read more
We chat to Rachael Clerke ahead of her work-in-progress show How to… Braveheart, as part of UK:RIP What is the show about? The show is about Scotland. And about me. It’s about my relationship with the place where I grew up, and my rejection of the word ‘Scottish’. It’s about trying to find ways to accept that word, and to … Read more
We chatted to Tess and Cheryl from TheatreState about The Fanny Hill Project v2.0, landing at CPT next week. What is the show about? The Fanny Hill Project v2.0 explores Tess’ experience of working in a foot fetish club (to fund an arts internship) alongside an eighteenth century porno account of a young woman’s life as a prostitute. We use drinking … Read more
We chat to the guys from Superbolt Theatre to find out more about Centralia and The Uncanny Valley, coming to CPT this week. What are the shows about? The Uncanny Valley is about a man and a robot who fall in love. Centralia sees the last three remaining inhabitants of Centralia, Pennsylvania put on a show about their curious lives and the disaster … Read more
We chat to the guys from Superbolt Theatre about Centralia and The Uncanny Valley ​, both here this week. What are the shows about? The Uncanny Valley is about a man and a robot who fall in love. Centralia sees the last three remaining inhabitants of Centralia, Pennsylvania put on a show about their curious lives and the disaster that befell their home. … Read more
10 second teaser from Grace Gibson Can you give us a teaser of what you'll be presenting as part of the Starting Blocks showcase on 30 March? Off stage a cassette is taken out of its box and put into the player. The music crackles and she bounds onto stage. She notices the woman who resembles a Bichon Frisé and the sign … Read more
10 second taster from Joe White and Tanya Stephenson Can you give us a teaser of what you'll be presenting as part of the Starting Blocks showcase on 30 March? Take a look at our promo trailer here. How have you been developing the show over the past weeks? We have been working over the past weeks to develop … Read more
A 10 second teaser from Lawrence and Joe Can you give us a teaser of what you'll be presenting as part of the Starting Blocks showcase on 30 March? Brothers of Justice are the alter egos of performance makers Lawrence Speck and Joe Wild. The show itself is inspired by the work of the growing community of men and women who … Read more
A 10 second teaser from Foxy & Husk Can you give us a teaser of what you'll be presenting as part of the Starting Blocks showcase on 30 March? Singaporean Fox is a performance essay exploring family, nationhood and belonging using collected stories of several individual's struggle to find their place in the world. Foxy and Husk will be questioning how one's biological family and one's imagined national family can shape … Read more
A 10 second taster from Natalie and Edmund Can you give us a teaser of what you'll be presenting as part of the Starting Blocks showcase on 30 March? Sibling rivalry, artistic rivalry, the chance to be mum and dad's favourite. How have you been developing the show over the past weeks? We have been forcing each other to … Read more
