OCD is a common mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours, with symptoms usually starting to appear during early adulthood (NHS). Exploring this further, alongside his dealing with depression, Ant Lightfoot presents Am I A Terrible Person?
With travel options currently limited due to the pandemic, this time has offered the opportunity to plan future excursions, as well as look back on memories formed. Tapping into this human need to embark on many a journey, Hitcher Encounters present We’re All Strangers Here, an experiential project fusing immersive performance with audio clips to present a timely digital piece of work for our technical age.
A neurodegenrative disease that witnesses the patient’s condition progressively worsen over a steady period of time, Alzheimer’s Disease impacts memory, language, can cause disorientation and behavioural issues amongst other symptoms. Highlighting the impact of this devastating condition within a mother-daughter dynamic, Kate Maravan presents The Old House.
Commutes are a fascinating part of a journey, how we use that time varying from person to person. Tapping into this intriguing part of our routine, writer Ben Worth presents Open Return, an online drama bringing the experiences of two women, initially strangers, on their commute – to the fore.
Courtesy of Rowan Briscoe.
As theatre venues gradually begin to open, the industry will welcome audiences both live and virtually – a new adaptation to have emerged post pandemic. In a year that has transformed many on a personal, as well as global level, there is a need, now more than ever, to connect and bring communities together. Celebrating community within her work, lecturer and theatre maker Abigail Conway invites participants to take part in her latest installation, The Candle Project – ‘The candle project is an ode to resilience, a celebration of shadow and light, an ancient ritual for our times.’ Taking part in this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival at The Spire, workshops to create Bees wax candles containing handwritten messages will take place between 24th to 28th May, before the lighting ceremony on 29th May which will be live streamed to viewers. Ahead of the installation, Abigail tells us more about what to expect.
The sun is shining…summer is just around the corner… so this can only mean one thing… It’s festival season! Whether you’re looking to head over to this year’s Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Edinburgh Festival, the list goes on and on, you’re guaranteed to find something to appeal to you! However, what better way to kick off the festival season than to make your way down to this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival!
As the largest Theatre Festival in England prepares for a month full of showcasing new voices, diverse theatre and discussions, The Brighton Fringe Festival 2015 is set to once again liven up one of the UK’s most popular coastal settings. The idyllic seaside town will become the UK’s theatrical capital for the duration of May, with thousands of performances taking place in over 100 venues. The festival prides itself on showcasing a diverse range of art forms and is therefore the place to be if you fancy watching challenging and unconventional pieces of theatre and performance.
During our lifetime, we’re taught that our GCSEs, A-Levels and University Degree’s will bring us that one step closer to attaining our dream job role. However, in the real world, this couldn’t be further from the truth. With the issue of youth unemployment being a divisive topic within politics and the media, what can be done to combat the situation? Ahead of the large scale Tangled Feet production One Million, which tackles the youth unemployment issue, physical theatre performer Jessica Andrade speaks to Theatrefullstop about returning to the production, why it’s important to make theatrical experiences more accessible and why she will never be defined as a conventional circus performer!
You’re currently touring with Tangled Feet in their production of One Million. Could you describe what the production is about?
One Million is a show about the unemployed youth from 16-25 (years of age). As we all have the experience of going to school, going to Uni, getting your degree; its that time where everyone thinks the world is their oyster and you find out it isn’t. Doing the show, we reflect on the emotions that you go through after graduating and you think the world is a playground. We go through a playground state where we’re just playing and seeing what it’s about. You realise how many people are applying for the same job, so we reflect that in the show by the amount of people. We’ve got 9 full cast members, 40 young people, they’re our participation lot, then we’ve got a 9 man band and a poet.
