The B-Side: On Devising, Rehearsing and Performing
Programmed in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre
In this presentation, neuro-divergent (ND) performance artist Liselle Terret will be asking: How can we disrupt the mainstream-conventional-rehearsal / devising process through a feminist, Crip and queer framework in order to create accessible and inclusive performance approaches that ultimately seduce and implicate audiences in active re-considerations of their own lives? How can theatre-making processes be deployed to enable, include, champion and celebrate the creativity of neuro-diverse and learning-disabled artists?
Liselle will discuss and share examples of a number of productions and projects that has she devised and directed as well as he solo-parodic-performance work in order to offer an insight into her evolving artistic practice that centres on an ethic of care and disruption. Most recently Liselle has been directing a drag duo ‘Homos & Humous’, 1721-The Molly House and Not F**kin’ Sorry! At Soho Theatre (2019/2022 with Not Your Circus Dog (aka The Dogs). Liselle has recently been awarded the Foyles Foundation Commission (one of three recipients) and is now developing a new piece of work: Doris La Trine age 52, Jewish, ex-bulimic, ADHD single mum with a fear of intimacy that builds upon her early touring solo-performance Doris La Trine’s Flushed.
Experience notes: The artist will share her practice with the live audience. This will be followed by a Q & A opportunity.
ASL Interpretation will be offered.
ASL will be available for most performances. The Theatre Centre is a physically accessible venue with barrier-free washrooms on each floor and a lift for public use.
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April 16, 2021
Here's a rundown of what's in this month's issue: Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn reflect on the process of sending their video game to a festival in Argentina; Peggy Baker is winding down her company after 30+ years; Secret Life of a Mother is being published and you can pre-order your copy right now. In Learning, Unlearning, we shared be water, an art project from two anonymous artists collecting memories of their Hong Kong.
Hybrid by Design is made possible by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Now Fund, and the Department of Heritage Canada Arts Presentation Fund.