Making space for artists to try out new ideas at the festival is one of our Very Favourite Things. And the Brewing showcase is just that, with five piping-hot artists showcasing short extracts from new works-in-progress across theatre, performance, sound and storytelling.
Each performance lasts between 10-20 minutes, with all artists coming together at the end for an informal chat and feedback session with our audience. The emphasis of Brewing is support and queer critique, creating space for queer artists to get constructive feedback while still making a work, or exploring responses to a certain element of the work. So the audience is as much a part of the event as the artists (participation is not essential, you can just watch.) There will be a short break between each performance.
A relaxed and popular event each year, Brewing is always full of surprises and brilliant ideas, highlighting the depth and creativity of new and established queer talent in the North and beyond. This year we are excited to make space for:
Caitlin Magnall-Kearns / body fine : Two women, one fat, one formerly fat, attempt to navigate their relationship with each other and with their own bodies in a world desperate for them to shrink.
Christopher McAuley / Itch : A tender, autobiographical exploration of life with a chronic skin condition
Husk Bennett / (QU) [AV] {OUR}* : An experimental audio visual project that renegotiates ongoing strands of research into contemporary outputs of labour, value and nostalgia.
Rory Jones / Shuttlecock : Commander Linus Faldo has lost contact with Earth, amongst other things. A sci-fi comedy of revelations that are as much about pasts as the future.
Sian Ní Mhuirí / ÉIRIC (BLOOD FINE) :The Sons of Tuireann is an ancient, Bardic tale about the first murder ever committed in Ireland, and the blood fine (or Éiric) that was set by Lugh Lámhfhada as reparation for it.
Content Information: As the works are still in development, up-to-date content info will be available here closer to the event.
Age Guidance: 16+
Duration: 120 mins
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