OUT 2017
OUT 2017
“A powerfully eloquent danced dialogue… performed with both calm reserve and concentrated intensity.” — The Stage ★★★★
Winner of the 2017 South East Dance: A Place to Dance Award at Brighton Fringe and nominated for the 2017 Total Theatre & The Place Award for Dance.
Defiantly challenging homophobia and transphobia, OUT is a duet—a conversation between two bodies, carving out a new kind of space, reclaiming Dancehall and celebrating Vogue culture amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges.
“We’re shape-shifting in a bid to fit in; to be black enough, straight enough, Jamaican enough…”
Embracing personal, political and cultural dissonance, this act of interdisciplinary self-expression smashes through normativity, summoning voices and re-enacting movements in an exhilarating mash-up of remembrance and re-invention.
OUT was created with support from Arts Council England, Marlborough Theatre Brighton, The Yard Theatre London, LBT Huddersfield, Curve Leicester, South East Dance and Greenwich University. It is part of Ray Young’s extended research project: The Freedom Project.
Edinburgh Fringe run supported by The Eclipse Award.
Collaborators:
Performer: Marikiscrycrycry
Original co-deviser and performer: Dwayne Antony
Lighting Design: Nao Nagai
Set and Costume Design: Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
Sound Design: Naomi Jackson
Outside Eye: Joseph Mercier
Dramaturgical Support: Martin Hargreaves
Producer: Anna Smith
Revisited & performed with Marikiscrycrycry.
Originally created and performed with Dwayne Antony.
The Stage ★★★★
The Scotsman ★★★★
Broadway Baby ★★★★
Ed Fest Magazine ★★★★
Everything Theatre ★★★★
