Monday 14th March
Hey everyone!
Hope you are all well and having a pleasent day.
Thank you for the emails last week with your love letters to theatre artists you discovered via etude. They were all pleasures to read.
Gifs are back this week. What do you prefer? Gifs or just images? Let me know.
Below are this weeks selections. I hope you find something you love
Mystery Trip by Nigel and Louise with Kerry Underhill
From £1
Saturday 19th March
We don’t know what we’re doing.
We don’t know where we’re going.
But we do know that we need to get out of here.
Come with us
Mystery Trip is an epic digital excursion created by pioneering theatre mavericks Nigel Barrett & Louise Mari in collaboration with disability and welfare rights activist Kerry Underhill and a gang of people confined to their homes due to chronic health conditions.
On three consecutive Saturdays in March our online coach will offer you a unique live mystery trip – each one stopping at different surprise destinations. All from the comfort of your own home.
Bring a sandwich.
SOMEWHERE by Queer the Ballet and Ring of Keys
Free
Available now
Originally premiered as part of Queering the Canon: Sondheim, Presented by Ring of Keys at Joe’s Pub in New York City on 2/23/22.
Queering the Canon Concert Series is produced with support from NYC Pride Gives Back, and with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
Ring of Keys is a 501(c)3 nonprofit artist service organization that fosters community and visibility for musical theatre artists - onstage and off - who self-identify as queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists. The only organization of its kind, Ring of Keys serves 600+ artists throughout 40 U.S. cities, Toronto, and London.
Splendid by Shade Théret and Magdalena Mitterhofer
Free
Available now
Splendid a chamber play that deals with the notion of decay. Three bathhouse visitors touch on possession, anger, work, loss and intimacy, while the architecture they inhabit slowly disintegrates. The water that tears the house down also acts as an enabling element for their conversation. The title derives from Marie Redonnets 'Hotel Splendid', a novel about a woman that struggles to run a family hotel built in a swamp.
In the Upper Room by Twyla Tharp and Philip Glass
Free
Available now
Following a grueling year of touring, Tharp's company took a year long haitus, reassembling in May 1986. The first new piece they performed was In The Upper Room.
Tharp commissioned composer Philip Glass to create a new score. "The music hints at things, but I tried to leave a lot of space for the dance to happen,” states Glass, “In that way the dancers complete it, fill it in." The choreography fuses a broad spectrum of movement into one vigorous vocabulary; boxing, tap dance, yoga, ballet and full-out sprinting are intertwined. The dancers must push through the difficult steps, intricate timing and aerobic demands of the choreography.
The dancers appear and disappear through fog and lights designed by Jennifer Tipton. The costumes by Norma Kamali begin as black and white striped jumpsuits. As the piece progresses, the dancers shed layers of clothing, revealing bright red under-layers and sweaty skin.
In The Upper Room synthesizes choreography, costumes, music and lighting into a transcendent experience for both audience and performers. It has become a central piece in the repertories of dance companies worldwide.
Donations welcome
Saturday 19th March
Talking It Out is an ongoing online arts festival dedicated to promoting mental health awareness to audiences worldwide.
Every four months, we will present a livestream of virtual theatrical performances on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
Tickets to these performances will be free to the public with donations being accepted - half of which will go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, while the other half will be distributed evenly to the participating actors, directors & playwrights.
Thanks for reading
See you next week
Josh x