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Crossings |
| Information |
Focusing on identity and loss, Crossings is an unashamedly feminist piece challenging our notions of sexual liberation and our perceptions of young girls in gangs.
Seen through the eyes of Shelley, 15, pregnant and on the run. Shelley wants out of the gang, but she’s broken the code. We all know you don’t do that.
In a raging storm she seeks shelter on a strange ship. This is no ordinary ship, it’s the ghost of the Zong, a ship berthed in Liverpool with a murderous history. Through the heroic stories of three powerful voices, she encounters on board, Shelley starts her way towards a new path.
Julie McNamara's work is disability led, passionately political, experimental and startling in its imaginative leaps.
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| Artform |
Theatre and Drama |
| Strand |
Tour Ready |
| Key Personnel |
Paulette Randall: Director
Susie Self:Composer
Caglar Kimyoncu: Visuals Designer
Chris De Wilde: Set & Costume Designer
Sound Designer: Theo Holloway
Gursen Houssein: Lighting Design
Hetty May Bailey: BSL Interpreter & Consultant
Nadine Wild Palmer: Performer
Margo Cargill: Performer
Julie McNamara: Performer
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| Production Information |
Suitable for ages 12+
Dense use of text, strong soundscape and moving images
Requires clear understanding of English
Uses recorded music
BSL interpreter is integrated within production. AD script available, AD introduction tape
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| Touring Information |
No. of performers on stage: 4
No. of people on tour: 6
Suitable for small scale (up to 400) venues
Appropriate setting: Studio, Theatre, Ship!
Suitable for rural touring with 9m x 6m x 4m performance area
Available to tour from January 2010
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| Outreach and Educational Work |
Provides Question & Answer sessions around the work
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| Company History |
This creative team has been developing Crossings for a year, directed by Paulette Randall, produced by Julie McNamara, funded by Arts Council England. The production has grown in three stages; first commissioned as work in development by Liverpool’s DaDa Festival, then directed by Karena Johnson. Work in progress engaged full houses in an extraordinary presentation with soundscape and integrated BSL. The full production opened RichMix’ Identity & Migration season in June, supported by People Show.
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| Recent Productions / Tours |
Pig Tales directed by Jessica Higgs, commissioned by Oval House & Jacksons Lane toured internationally.
Pig’s Sister for Theatre Workshop Edinburgh.
Steak & Chelsea Out to Lunch was commissioned by Feast Festival & No Strings Attached, Adelaide, directed by Paulo Castro.
Derby & Joan - a co-production with Diversityworks.
Crossings directed by Paulette Randall, originally commissioned for DaDa Festival, Liverpool, also played London.
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| Reviews |
Crossings:
"A tour de force…"
Bonny Cummins DaDa South Sept 08
“Intense and full of integrity, provoking notions of hidden histories and the ways that women were – and remain – enslaved.”
Kaite O’Reilly Disability Now Oct 08
‘'Stunning…wonderful writing'’
Disability Arts Online Oct 08
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