The Show - Medusa
For Dante she was the erotic power that could destroy men. Freud saw in her hair a nest of terrifying snakes symbolizing castration. For Perseus and his patriarchal culture she was a dangerous female monster to be destroyed.
Medusa’s reputation has transformed over time, and continues to intrigue and inspire us. Women see her as a noble victim of the patriarchy. The fashion house Versace celebrates the lure of her mysterious face and puts it on underwear, luxury bags, and expensive dinnerware. Politically charged media superimposes her image onto powerful, successful women. In our culture now she is once again a power player demanding to be recognized. Demanding we examine the journey from maiden to monster.
Don't close your eyes...you don't want to miss it!
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Who We Are
Global Hive Laboratories is an international collective of companies and artists including Fusion Theatre Company in London, Chez Actors in Italy, La Compagnie Certes in France and BoucheWHACKED! Collective in Canada. Together we are committed to breaking down barriers that might exclude portions of the population from artistic dialogue.
The Global Hive spans across continents, bringing together practitioners of varied identities and social locations. With every new collaboration, we seek to expand our understanding of justice, equity, compassion, and storytelling. Our collective is made up of artists who are men, women, trans, and gender-nonconforming, who identify as one or multiple intersections of the following social and cultural groups: Latinx, Black British, African American, Afro-Latinx, Native American, Asian American, Canadian British, Two-Spirit, physically disabled, Blind, Low Vision, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, bi-racial, immigrants, parents, and grandparents. Collectively, we speak English, Spanish, French, Cantonese, Korean, Czech, and Italian.
What have we done so far?
Across 2018 and 2019 we have worked with artists across the world, led research and development workshops and performances in three countries. We have developed a model of anti-exclusionary, multi-sensory theatrical experiences for our audiences. We produced workshops in England, France, Italy and most recently in Chicago, where we performed in multiple neighborhoods. We partnered with cultural and artistic organizations such as Read/Write Library, Pilsen Outpost, En Las Tablas Performing Arts, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, and the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre’s Lookout Series!
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Our Goal
We are passionate about breaking down as many barriers as possible when it comes to accessing professional art. Over the period, we have refined our model of inclusive theatre, Integrating design and sevices for audience members with disabilities into the creation and rehearsal process. This means that we offer Relaxed Performances with Audio Description, Touch Tours and Captioning services at every show; more ‘traditional’ theatre experiences generally provide these services once or twice in a theatre run and are not often aesthetically or dramatically integrated into the production.
We endeavour to create anti-exclusionary devised theatre through skill sharing, crowdsourced technology, and administrative crossover on a global scale. We create accessible artistic conversations about the issues in our communities and increase awareness of underlying connections and associations between groups who may otherwise not have engaged with one another.
Shows
We have managed to book shows in two fantastic theatres in London, to produce a full-scale version of our show!
Here are the performance dates:
11th - 15th November
Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Rd, London, N7 9EF.
8pm - Downstairs
AND
2nd - 6th March
Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone NW8 8EH.
7:30pm
If you would like to buy tickets, please follow the link below!
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/medusa#overview
Risks and Challenges
Theatre is expensive!
Thus far we have funded the project from our own pockets, but to fully realise our production...we need your help to make it a reality.
We want to work with excellent performers and to compensate them well for the hard work they do.
Here is a list of our costs...
Artists x 7
Creative Team x 4
Producer
Technician
Marketing
Venue Deposits
Printing
Rehearsal Space
Transport - set and people
PLEASE HELP!
If you believe in what we are doing and you are able, please donate whatever you can!
If you aren’t able to give right now, please share our page with your networks.
The money you donate today will go towards realising this project.
Even if it’s only £1, every little bit really does help!
You can find out more information about the work we are doing, about Global Hive Labs, Fusion Theatre Company and all our partner organisations on our social media accounts at the following places:
http://www.fusiontheatre.london
http://www.globalhivelabs.org
Follow us on social media @thelondonfusion and @globalhivelabs!
THANK YOU!
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