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June 2011
Writer Chris Fagan previews Kirsity Lothian ; or The Whale
4pm
Free
Limited capacity
Ambition is a funny thing; it has driven people to do some wonderful things to reach the highest peaks. We all have the desire to chase our dreams and aspirations, but what should you do when your ambitions far surpass your abilities?
This seemed to be the dilemma facing Kirsty Lothian when she set out to produce an opera fully knowing the limitations of her musical abilities. Don’t know how to put together a libretto? Why not cobble one together from discarded elements of a classic novel?
This may seem like laziness to some, but surely if you’re willing to put your all into achieving whatever seemingly ludicrous ambition you have, then that effort must then equal or outweigh the quality of the finished product, right? That’s what they told us at school, to try, to do our best. Kirsty Lothian has, have you? Maybe after seeing ; or The Whale you should ask yourself ‘are you striving to fail or failing to strive’?
Kirsty Lothian is a London-based performer who co-founded Jumbled with Lucy Foster. She works across Live Art and Theatre, and also directs operas.
Writer Chris Fagan previews Robert Foster’s Bucket Dance
12.30pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm
Free limited capacity
Robert Foster‘s Bucket Dance comprises of three performers following a series of pre-set conditions within the confines of a small space. Each of the colour coded performers must follow the geometric shape on the floor relating to the colour of their jumpsuit. All the while wearing buckets on their head that block their vision.
Reasonably simple, right? Well yes and no: this apparently simple piece is full of complexity.
When I first heard about this work I thought of Bruce Nauman’s Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square. The idea of bucket headed figures traveling along lines within a claustrophobic space is very evocative of this piece. Yet upon reading the programme notes, I learn that the work is in fact a ‘parody’ inspired by Oskar Schlemmer's performance work at the Bauhaus, and the ideological failings within Modernism. Simple, yet complex, right?
A key part of this piece is that as each performer moves they sometimes drift wildly off course. When they collide with each other or the wall, it draws associations with human behavior and how we can very quickly become accustomed to our own personal set of rules and conditions and follow them beyond the point of absurdity. Its only when we collide with the wall of someone else’s absurd rules that we take the time to review our trajectory.
Writer Chris Fagan previews Jasmine Lovey's Five Fat Fish
6.00-6.20pm 11th June
Free
Limited capacity please arrive early to avoid disappointment
We are incredibly lucky to host the first meeting of Liverpool Synchronised Swim Team, comprised as it is of plucky Bristolian Jasmine Loveys! She will be bravely foregoing any of the usual trappings of the sport, such as team members or water. Cheer for our heroine as Loveys sacrifices her living room for her ambitions of aquatic locomotion. On this journey of discovery Loveys will prove you don’t have to be fully equipped in every department in order to fulfil your dreams of watery happiness! Thrill as she transforms the Sandon Room into a shimmering underwater place. Gasp at the glamour which will rival the Million Dollar Mermaid herself: Esther Williams. Most of all be inspired by this journey of one woman who fought against the odds to triumph against the mundane, to be all she could be and so much more! Nose plugs optional.
Announcing the full 'poolside Emergency 2011 schedule!
There are only three more sleeps to go before 'poolside emergency, so we thought we would let you know the full schedule!
Be warned that there could still be some slight changes before Saturday... with 24 pieces to cram into one day we may need to shift things around! Any updates to times or locations will be posted here.
See you on Saturday!
Writer Chris Fagan previews Allan Taylor's Love is a Number
5.30-5.50pm 11th June
Free
Limited capacity please arrive early to avoid disappointment
Over the last hundred or so years we have developed theories and formula which describe and predict the nature and motion of the universe. If we can create mathematics to help us understand the beating heart of a star then it follows that you could apply the same methods to our own beating hearts? I mean You + Me = Love it’s a simple equation, right?
So meeting ‘The One’ is simply a numbers game? If so all you need to do is understand the data in order to get what you desire. Part performer part Open University lecturer, Allan Taylor has used his own relationship experiences to crunch the numbers and discover the system which will guide us all to love.
The show reflects not only a need in us all to create a controllable model of the world, but it also shows us that these models we seek to create are fundamentally flawed as they rely on the most unpredictable elements of human desire.
Preview of Ira Brand's Keine Angst
1.30-1.50pm 11th June
Free
Limited capacity please arrive early to avoid disappointment
Ira Brand presents a work about fear. What does it mean to be afraid? How can fear be galvanising as well as debilitating? And can being scared ever be a good thing? This work in progress piece has been developed at Camden People’s Theatre and is an exploration of fear as the most fundamental of human emotions. The piece draws on autobiographical material starting from a relationship break up, to ask why human beings choose to put themselves in situations where their vulnerability is exposed.Ira Brand is a writer producer and performance maker who works as a core member of contemporary devised performance groups Tinned Fingers and Antique Women. This is her first full length solo project as an artist.
'poolside emergency
Saturday 11 June 2011
12-7pm Free
greenroom's must-see festival of new performance returns to the Bluecoat for a marathon of live art, performance, sound and intervention
Tickets and Information 0151 702 5324 www.thebluecoat.org.uk
School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
A woman crushed by a giant knitted boulder, a sonic re-imagining of the gardens, a lighting-fast relationship in a car and a giant mechanical feeding machine characterised last year's extraordinary takeover of the Bluecoat. To see what 2011 will bring, join us on Saturday 11 June for this free festival of the beautiful and the bonkers, the challenging and the witty.
