The Motherhood Series
Ongoing performances responding to Motherhood.
Belly
A limited-time-only-for-obvious-reasons piece about impending life shifts and births and rebirths and stuff.
Performed at “Liquid Consciousnes” - a collaboration with Wardrobe Productions (a tiny West-End theatre inside a wardrobe) and James Oldham.
Also performed at Fools Moon cabaret night.
photo by Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad
New Mama’s Recital
A classical song cycle duet with my own labour audio. Birth is painful and beautiful and terrifying and glorious and I wanted to capture that.
Featuring breast milk.
Performed as part of the Babes in Arms artist mother collective gallery opening, Big Yin Gallery, St Leonards-on-sea.
photo by Rachel Manns
12 Months
A response to the first year of Motherhood.
I collected baby grows that people no longer wanted or couldn’t pass on, and built a costume in which the tired Mother cowers as she carries her baby-dictator who she can’t help but love fiercely.
Performed at the launch of the Babes in Arms collective exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion.
photo by Hattie Hambridge
Toothbrush Strauss
Using recordings of my daughter adamantly (and creatively) refusing to brush her teeth, violinist Naomi Burrell, cellist Tara Franks and I attempt to perform Beim Schlafengehn by Strauss.
Giant toothbrushes and lots of toothopaste make an appearance.
Performed at the Henry Ward Hall as a part of XMTR Festival.
Photo by Rachel Manns.
