Anton Mirto’s Army is on the March. Interview with Maddy Costa.
Image: Film still, The Army. Performer Eleftheria Tzamtzi.
A Mile in My Shoes by artist Clare Patey
Photo by James Clarke
Clare Patey is an artist, curator and Director of the Empathy Museum. The latest version of their project A Mile in My Shoes brings together 20 new audio stories from refugees and migrants who have made London their home. It opens inside a giant shoebox at The Migration Museum, 8-25 February. Clare writes for Run Riot on the latest incarnation of her work.
You Gotta Have Faith: Mzz Kimberley on Being Part of Duckie Family Legacy
Mzz Kimberley is a cabaret performer, actor and singer. She writes for Run Riot on being part of the Duckie family and keeping faith in yourself at all times.
Q&A: Chivaree Circus Creative Director Laurane Marchive on Becoming Shades
After winning the Origins Award for Outstanding new work, Chivaree Circus return to London’s biggest arts festival with their show Becoming Shades: dark, immersive circus that re-imagines a classic myth for a grown-up audience. Run Riot caught up with Creative Director Laurane Marchive to talk about the evolution of circus, feminist performance and inhabiting strange and far-away worlds.
Q&A: Jay Miller, Artistic Director of The Yard on Radical Performance and Community
The Yard is a multi-award winning theatre and music venue built from salvaged material in a converted warehouse in Hackney Wick. Committed to telling 'contemporary stories in contemporary ways', we speak to Jay Miller, Artistic Director, about their upcoming season of radical performance and theatre's relationship with an unequal world.
Your Body is Yours: Racheal Ofori on So Many Reasons at Camden People's Theatre
My name is Racheal Ofori; a born and bred Londoner, headlining the Calm Down, Dear Festival of innovative, feminist theatre at Camden People’s Theatre with my new show SO MANY REASONS - which is a co-production between Fuel Theatre and Camden People's Theatre.
Barbican’s Director of Arts Louise Jeffreys on The Art of Change
The Barbican’s 2018 season The Art of Change weaves multiple stories and experiences together across all of the Barbican’s art forms to explore changing attitudes, power dynamics, relationships and the treatment of individuals and groups considered to be outside of the mainstream. With new events announced today, the Barbican’s Director of Arts Louise Jeffreys, shares her highlights from the packed programme as well as hopes for the year ahead.
