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HOT (Helen of Troy) is happening!
Big news! Pinecone Performance lab has received funding from Arts Council England to produce my new solo show HOT (Helen of Troy)! “NEW??” I hear you say. Well, you’re right – I’ve been working on ideas around Helen of Troy since 2010 (nearly as long as the Trojan War raged in antiquity…). But in many Read more
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Directors Lab Chicago: structures and systems
The last four days have been so intense. We’ve been having deep discussions about race, gender, sexuality, and representation. There are twenty directors in the Lab, several of us with international backgrounds, and everyone approaching the topic with a different set of personal experiences and familiarity with systems of oppression in the USA. The conversations Read more
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Directors Lab Chicago: culture and relinquishing control
I said I wouldn’t be getting up at 6AM everyday to blog during the Lab… but it turns out 6AM is the magic jet lag time on this trip, and so I am up, and I have a billion thoughts flashing through my brain, and so here I am writing a few things down. This Read more
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About to Take Off
Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m on the brink of something extraordinary. It’s a surprisingly calm feeling – I am beyond excited, but I also feel focused and centred. Ready. For a long time, I’ve felt that my best strategy as an artist was to have many plates spinning, so that eventually one of these Read more
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Opening Space for Collaboration and Change
This article was originally published on HowlRound on 5 March 2018. Can vision be collaborative? How can I balance inclusivity, safety, quality, and rigor? Why do I keep trying to make collaborative work, when it seems so much slower and more difficult than doing it myself? I’ve been asking myself these questions for the last ten years Read more
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Solo Helen
Collaboration is brilliant. And necessary. Even on a solo show. Maybe especially on a solo show. Yesterday, four intelligent and generous artists listened to me read the new script of The Helen Project for one hour and 22 minutes (yikes/oops/thank you) and then shared their thoughts, questions, dramaturgical insights, and encouragement. I went home excited Read more
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