14.04.22
The Rose Theatre
Hot Teen Blonde Babe
Halldora Eiriksdottir
10:30-11:00
This show will explore the heterosexual relationship between Barbie and Ken. The harms and the goods it follows. Influences that porn has on individuals and relationships. Then, how do we move away from rape culture?
The generation that are becoming adults now, when they were young children they could access graphic unrealistic porn videos, often without their consent on the internet. This can be seen as child abuse and immediately affects the child's brain. We are the generation that has grown up our whole life with the early days of the internet. However, we are also the generation that forces boundaries, safe spaces and celebrates bodies that aren't like Barbie's and Ken's and people that are not cisgender and heterosexual.
Sex is meant to be pleasurable, not a performance, and that's the main theme of the show.
Choice
Fred Muthui
15:15-16:15
One of the Princesses of the 1st Monarch Empire and daughter to King Njia, King of Paths, a tyrannical monarch ruling with an iron-fist; is soon to be wed into the notoriously powerful ‘Green’ Family, of The Republican Federation.
She visits her fiancée’s family home with hopes to strengthen her marriage and relations between their two countries.
Establishments, royals, governments and loyalties are constantly changing but what is it about humans that keeps the power scales tilting?
For the only perfect constants in life are the constant imperfections of humanity and an atlas of amorality as the epitome of survival.
The Theatre Studio
The Untitled Detective
Alexander Cox
10:30-11:15
Hard Drinking Detective Stone is outta luck. But he's not the only one. What's really going on in our heads in times of crisis? Can we truly trust our own reality when carving the narratives of our lives? Whats the beef with Frankie S? How many questions can we count on your toes... And where is that God Dam Kid?!
A rehearsed reading of a new work in progress by Alexander Cox.
On Her Terms
Niamh Deasy and Rachel McKay
13:00-13:45
'On Her Terms’ is a piece written by women, for everyone.
Maneuvering through modern day feminism is a complicated and intimidating thing. Twitter fights, cancel culture and performative activism often sways us away from dealing with the true issues of our misogynistic world.
Join us in the women’s bathroom of a nightclub. There we’ll meet various different characters who, on a night out, face the sexism that club-culture contains and unite in their shared experiences.
Other Venues
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An Open rehearsal with Chaskis Theatre
With Raymi Ortuste Quiroga
11:00-15:00
C010
At selected times during these days, participants will be able to join, witness and take part in the company’s unique devising process as they explore this year’s Symposium theme through their stories and practice.
Lights in a box
Dan Maxted
11:30-15:00
S014
Fast, Bright, Shocking!
They said it couldn't be done but we persevered. An exploration into the tangibility of light and interactive experiences.
Speak Easy
Amanda Grace
12:45 - 14:45
LH003
The secret password is a secret of your choice. Come enjoy a custom cocktail made just for you in this experiment on vulnerability inspired by the spirit of Prohibition bootlegging bars. You decide the secret, I decide the drink; speak to your secret, or sip silently and leave it for our collection anonymously. What are you willing to share?
Non-alcoholic options will be available.
We are all…
Myriam Angela, Zoé Richie, Sophia Hail
12.30-14:30
S013
This project is a performative exhibition in which the audience is involved and takes part in an immersive experience. What unites us and what are random connections that bring us together? What can remain as it is and does not need to be understood, what can brush by and what can be an experience? These are some of the questions Myriam Angela asks with the project "We are all..." and invites the participants on a journey through visual, auditory and interactive creations.