Tag: work in progress

Interview: Lizzie Tollemache on making neurospicy theatre

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Erin Harrington chats with Lizzie Tollemache through the wonders of the internet about their new performance work, on why sharing (in rehearsals) is caring, and how Creative NZ can learn something from defence lawyers. Lizzie's show The NeuroSpice Girls is particularly interesting for the way that it’s looking to challenge traditional approaches in its creation,… Continue reading Interview: Lizzie Tollemache on making neurospicy theatre

Headless Women and the politics of being seen

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The performance research project Headless Women asks: what are the politics of being seen? How do women find a place to exist in a world that asks them to be, on one hand, hypervisible and objectified, and on the other, silenced and invisible? Can dance and movement offer us a different way of speaking, when… Continue reading Headless Women and the politics of being seen