Mon 20 Sep, 7.30pm
Corn Exchange
Enjoy an evening of associate artists and companies from The Point in Eastleigh and the Corn Exchange in Newbury in a programme curated by Sacha Lee and Nick Giles.
Nicky Bellenger – Guided Tour
Tonight, for one night only, my adventure will not go any further than the walls of the theatre. Follow me, your personal guide for this evening, as I try to guide you through the excitement and variety of our scratch performances…
Chloe Dechery – Marie
Marie (main picture) is a solo show about a daughter (Chloé) and a mother (Marie), investigating what it means to have the same blood – and feet. Alongside a series of video-clips of her childhood family kitchen, Chloé shares extracts from a correspondence made out of drawings, TV ads, texts and emails that she and her mother began exchanging following the creation of Marie. How do you start talking about family history? How can you try and give space to two voices on stage, a daughter’s and a mother’s engaging in a conversation, re-exploring the past and trying to make sense out of familial events and relationships?
ShadyJane Deborah Lampard – pig art
pig art has taken off in a pig way. The infamous pigsy brings pig art to Brighton, a city elite enough to host an event of this calibre. This is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to see this rare collection of contemporkary art exhibited and the creative genius of pigsy at work. Take away some pig art with you, as pigsy agrees to the sale of their work for the first time.
Charlotte Cassey – Brigette Cabaret
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be dazzled by the remarkable talents of Miss Brigitte Cabaret. There is a reason why her middle name is be variety: she sings, she dances and she is….in no way held against her will (disclaimer). Entertainment knows no bounds in this delightful cabaret show. Prepare to laugh and cry at the same time, such is Brigitte’s capacity to touch others. For one night only, Miss Brigitte Cabaret. Alive on stage.
The River People – Little Matter
Using puppetry, folk storytelling and live music, Little Matter explores an individual’s place in the universe and the search for the self. This unique take on the meaning of life combines the influences of mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.
You Need Me - Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things is an intense family drama set in 1950s Spain under Franco’s dictatorship, featuring the company’s trademark ‘in the round’ performance, colourful storytelling and beautiful live music. The drama follows the coming of age of a young Basque man as he wrestles with his own sexual awakening and his relationship with a matriarchal mother and domineering father, all against the backdrop of a Spanish life dominated at the time by politics and religion.
Gideon Reeling – Wonky Cabaret
Tonight Mr Reeling’s assistants do cabaret. The ladies of the W.I. are doing the garden, Lauren’s mates are doing getting famous and two moths do a lamp. Harmonies get up close and this time it’s personal.
UdifyDance – All for a few
First seen at The Place as part of 2010′s Resolution! season, All for a few has been reworked by the all male cast. With its sharp dynamic wit and physical explosions of energy, this piece is set to Chay Burrows’ thundering original score.
Tickets are £5
Call Brighton Dome ticket office on 01273 709709 or click here to book online
Gregory Nash
1 September, 2010
As a venue that has its own associate artists and companies – and a thriving artist development programme – we thought it would be really interesting to see what was going on at two of our favourite venues elsewhere in the region. So we asked Nick Giles at Newbury and Sacha Lee at Eastleigh to put together a programme showcasing their associated companies. And it looks like they pushed the boat out for us – it’s a really varied and exciting programme with a mixture of theatre, dance and contemporary performance.
I’ve just heard that Jacksons Lane in London has invited the companies to repeat the programme there the following night, which is great. We thought of it first though…..
Prior to the show, at 6pm, I’ll be in conversation with Nick, Sacha and Helen Medland from the Basement and we’ll be discussing why venues create associations with artists. We’re only doing some of the talking – we’re hoping for contributions from the floor, particularly from artists. It’s free and in the Founder’s Room off the Dome foyer. Then the bar is open before the show for networking….I mean drinking with friends.
Charlotte Cassey
1 September, 2010
ShadyJane are thrilled to be part of this event and can’t wait to show Brighton what we’ve been up to. For the In Process / In Performance Associate Night, ShadyJane will be sharing some of the company’s solo work, currently in development. Devised from the brief of ‘the self’, which we decided we weren’t actually too keen on, some alternatives to autobiographical performance soon started to emerge. We’ve found the results a little amusing, we hope you will too…!
Udifydance Company
2 September, 2010
Udifydance Company are looking forward to performing as part of In Process / In Performance Associate Night. We are about to embark on our debut National Tour ’4 Men:Move’ and are excited to have this opportunity as part of the line up. Udifydance are an all male contemporary dance company based at The Point, Eastleigh and are busy in residency creating the final touches to the tour.
Udifydance Company will be performing ‘All For A Few’ first seen as part of Resolution! 10 at The Place, London. This piece has been reworked on the male cast with some exciting new developments.
For further information visit the website http://www.udifydance.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
Nicky Bellenger
4 September, 2010
As an associate artist for the upcoming year at The Point I am delighted to be a part of such an exciting event.
As your guide for the evening I hope to provide some useful/thought-provoking/heart felt/entertaining/…. introductions to some of the wonderful performances, and will be present throughout the evening to send you in the right direction or just to talk enthusiastically with you about the shows. And of course I will be taking plenty of photographs and hopefully getting myself some snazzy new autographs for my autograph book.
I look forward to seeing you all there!
Chloé Déchery
10 September, 2010
I’m really looking forward to showing Marie, a piece I’ve been working on with Elyssa Livergant as Dramaturg, at In Process / In Performance. It’s great to be showing it alongside lots of other exciting artists; I am one of the supported artists at the Corn Exchange.
We really look forward to chatting with anyone who wants to feed back on the piece. Please do come along and share any comments you may have. The work is in full developmental swing and we really value what our audiences have to say….
If you want to see a preview of Marie, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQSrhy99ogg. More of my work can also be seen at http://www.chloedechery.com.
We both hope to see you on the 20th September or the 21st September at Jacksons Lane, London.
Deborah Lampard - pig art Administrator
12 September, 2010
(one for the fans)
***Monday 20th September***
PIGSY has confirmed their attendance on the night.
This is big news.
Pigsy will be flying in especially to attend the pig art exhibition.
pig art really has taken off in a pig way…
(NB: Autographs are limited)
pnutz
21 September, 2010
my review of the Associates Showcase Sept 2010.
First of all I would like to say how much a pleasure and inspiration it has been for me to come and watch a collection unique and incredibly different pieces all in one night! I feel that this has been a great experience and definately inspired me to return to my University days of creating work, writing ideas and challenging and enquiring into the world around me.
So thank you all…xx
Nicky Bellenger – what a fantastic host and ‘tour guide’ to the evening. Her quirky character and introduction really set the tone and relaxed the audience for the evenings entertainment.
Udifydance,
sweepingly beautiful, with physical connections limbs climbing through and around each other. I was lost in your world of connection. My favourite part was seeing the chap in the blue trousers do a small wriggle and a hint of a smile come on his face. Throughout the whole of this performance I was searching to your eyes, I was looking for that emotion and connection to each other, even a smile to show you enjoy the energy of unifying. I wanted to experience more emotion, more internal energy, more character from within. Also I felt that the company performed too much in sync. what about experiencing the opposite of unity.. or trying to catch up with each other? Technically brilliant, however I was searching for more emotion.
Chloe Dechery – hints of laurie anderson with the way you talked, I wanted you to play more with pause, the tone of the voice and breath. I did feel that somethings you talked about did not need to be said – this could have been conveyed with your relationship with your objects, with us. I did not feel a strong enough connection with the projected image. I would like to see maybe fragments of memories of a childhood or things that link you to your mother – feet.. who you are in your body and your relationship to your mother. There was an honesty and vulnerability to your character and the way you talked about your mother.
Gideon Reeling
Initially I fell in love with this cabaret.. the characters the set up. very much a group of clowns. then I felt like this became lost with too much focus on singing!!! Absolutely charming with the moths to the lightbulb… the moths coming on a floating around the stage was delightful. I feel that you could focus more on getting things wrong, your characters and also sketches like the moths instead of the singing… so the singing is something that you attempt to do but do not get there. reminded me of the clowns that are spymonkey!
The river people –
imaginative, moving and incredible that just with a black binliner, a suitcase and a puppet and a piano you could create this whole world out of this tiny stage. you ignited my imagination! reminded me very much of tim burton and a dark world to slip into. I could not believe the detail of this tiny, fragile and complexed character coming to life. I will seek out the river people in the future – they have excited my passion for puppetry!
Charlotte Cassey –
Very funny and witty and original. dark and deliciously devilish was your relationship with Brigitte. However, I would like to see more vulnerabilty. more stillness.. more time when we can see you and the fragility of you and this manniquinn on stage. This souless woman that you are desperately trying to bring to life. do not be scared of the desperation or of moments of tenderness.. when you were on the floor with the manniquin hand was very moving.. I felt that this was over too fast and could be developed. excellent relationship with your audience, you are a strong performer!!!
You need me
In my eyes this was the strongest performance of the night. The complicite amongst the group was razor sharp. The intensity and dynamics was spot on. This really worked in the round setting. The characters and interaction was strong and this piece transported me to another world. This piece felt intimate and very cinematic. favourite part was the sock floating down. this piece could have more physical theatre interaction with objects – like augusto corrieri, the sound and chorus moved me.. this could be explored further.. very very strong performance that resounded in me after leaving.
Deborah Lampard
I very much enjoyed designing my very own pig and seeing others creations.. the strongest part of this installation was that this room inspired creativity and for members to get involved and design a pig. I loved watched audience members sat around on the floor with felt tip pens decorating pigs.. something piggin fantastic about that. more interaction would have got my tail curling!!! My partner came away with a medium rare pig on his shoulder, pigture purfect!
Thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback.
I look forward to the next time when I can see such talent and creativity again.
Kind regards