Live Drafts is a chance to see the beginnings of shows. It’s about seeing theatre that is in-progress, with you defining what it’s future will be. In this edition of Live Drafts, four artists will present four fizzing new ideas untangling and exploring the climate emergency in new and unexpected ways.
Rice and Husk | Camilla Anvar
Amazônia | Gaël Le Cornec
Climate Grief Karaoke | Katy Dye
An Inconvenient Feeling | Nina Bowers
“WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE MOMENT A BRILLIANT IDEA STARTS TO COME TO LIFE?” - Evening Standard
Rice and Husk | Camilla Anvar
A truck crashes.
Rice spills.
Kilograms!
Kilograms and kilograms of rice!
Camilla Anvar follows the journey of a single grain of rice from a field in Asia, to a mouth in the UK, reflecting on the environmental and human cost of farming.
Weaving together stories from the BESEA (British East and South East Asian) Community, personal narratives and poetry, Rice and Husk explores the politics of food.
Camilla Anvar is working with the artists and crafts maker community of Fish Island.
12+ Strong Language
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Stella Green – Dramaturg and Collaborator
Chris Reyes – Collaborator and Theatre Maker
Murid Laly – Poet and Writer
Barton Chan – DJ and Sound Collaborator
Lorella Bianco – Artist and Visual Collaborator
Belle Boek – Artist and Visual Collaborator
Oshen Dee – Singer
Amazônia | Gaël Le Cornec
Gaël Le Cornec was born in North Brazil.
So was her mother, and her mother’s mother.
Sharing original poetry, music and stories from generations of women, Gaël delves into her own Amazonian heritage and sews stories from her ancestors. Amazônia is a performance about memory, women’s heritage, and decolonising history.
Co-commissioned by SBC theatre, the UK’s First Theatre Company of Sanctuary.
15+
Gaël explores themes of gender, identity, displacement and environmental issues through women’s voices. She makes theatre & films as a solo artist and with communities – often collaborating with women’s rights agencies, young adults and migrants – bringing unheard voices to audiences across the globe with her company Footprint Productions .
She is also an associate artist with performance and immersive technology company Limbik Theatre.
@gaellecornec
www.gaellecornec.com
Ben Samuels – Director + Musician
Climate Grief Karaoke | Katy Dye
Ecological Grief (n): the psychological response to loss caused by climate change.
Award-winning artist Katy Dye (★★★★ The Guardian, Baby Face) invites you to express Ecological Grief through song. Whether it’s Reef Grief, Glacial Depression, Heatwave Angst or North Pole Numbness, join us for a pop fuelled event in which your favourite power ballads or heartbreak anthems can help us release grief enormous enough to shake tectonic plates.
Katy Dye is an award-winning performance artist who works across live art, theatre, dance, film and audio. Her recent projects include Baby Face (★★★★ The Guardian) and RATS! commissioned by Feral Arts Scotland. Her work has been supported by National Theatre of Scotland, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland and The Tom Hunter Foundation.
@katydye1
www.katy-dye.com
Nicol Parkinson – Technical Support
An Inconvenient Feeling | Nina Bowers
Dr. Tina Flowers is an oceanographer.
Dr. Tina Flowers is worried about the threat of extinction.
Join Dr. Tina Flowers for a TED talk as she explores the idea we hold of the earth in our minds.
Listen as she delves into the different ways we relate to the natural world throughout time and how this makes us feel.
Watch as emotional levels rise.
Nina is an actor and theatre maker. She grew up in Canada, has lived in London for the past 6 years.
She graduated from the Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2017.
She has worked with theatres including: The Barbican Shakespeare’s Globe, The Gate, and Theatre Royal Stratford East, and companies including: Complicite, Jullie Cunningham Company and Dirty Rascals Theatre.
@NinaB0wers
www.ninabowerstheatre.com
Jay Chakravorty (Music)
Olivia du Vergier (Video)
Tickets
This event has limited capacity and so you can reserve a spot for £5. Buying a Live Drafts: Climate Works ticket entitles you to watch all four performances.
When you arrive, we’ll give you a £5 voucher to spend on our Yard Bar.
Accessibility
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If you have any access needs or a question, email us at marketing@theyardtheatre.co.uk.
Covid Safety Guidance
We’re doing a few things to keep all of us including The Yard team, our artists, and our audiences as safe as possible.
Live Drafts: Climate Works is supported as part of The Yard’s Live Drafts programme, creating opportunities for artists to share new ideas to live audiences. Live Drafts has kindly been supported by Royal Victoria Hall Foundation and Unity Theatre Trust.
