Mr Quiver
2005 - 2008
In collaboration with Rajni Shah & Lucille Acevedo-Jones
The first in a trilogy of performances questioning cultural identity. Rajni Shah (director/performer), Lucille Acevedo-Jones (costume/set designer), and Cis O’Boyle (lighting designer) create three performative loops that weave in and out of synchronisation during the four hours of the performance.
"Every now and again you see a piece that engraves itself on your mind. Without warning your memory replays it on the bus, down the pub, across the park on a routine cycle home. Images linger and you wish you had a flick-book to retrieve the interstices between the moments that remain the most vivid. Such is the way with Mr Quiver ... Pouring salt on border wounds, the performer draws you in, without sentimentality, nostalgia or recrimination. I have to confess that I have seen Mr Quiver twice, in its earlier form as a black-box piece, and latterly as a durational installation in a gallery. I would gladly see it a third as this is work that singularly commanded my attention, asking important questions while creating a visual feast."
Nikki Tomlinson, Artsadmin
Performances:
Exeter University (2008)
The Bluecoat, Liverpool (2008)
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (2007)
Sensitive Skin Nottingham (2007)
Fresh festival, Southampton and Hastings (2006)
National Review of Live Art, Glasgow (2006)
South Hill Park, Bracknell (2006)
Spice festival, Hackney Empire, London (2005)
Sprint 2005, London (2005)
ROAR 05, London (2005)
camden peoples theatre, London (2005)
Chisenhale Dance Space, London (2005)
photo credit - Theron Schimdt
In collaboration with Rajni Shah & Lucille Acevedo-Jones
The first in a trilogy of performances questioning cultural identity. Rajni Shah (director/performer), Lucille Acevedo-Jones (costume/set designer), and Cis O’Boyle (lighting designer) create three performative loops that weave in and out of synchronisation during the four hours of the performance.
"Every now and again you see a piece that engraves itself on your mind. Without warning your memory replays it on the bus, down the pub, across the park on a routine cycle home. Images linger and you wish you had a flick-book to retrieve the interstices between the moments that remain the most vivid. Such is the way with Mr Quiver ... Pouring salt on border wounds, the performer draws you in, without sentimentality, nostalgia or recrimination. I have to confess that I have seen Mr Quiver twice, in its earlier form as a black-box piece, and latterly as a durational installation in a gallery. I would gladly see it a third as this is work that singularly commanded my attention, asking important questions while creating a visual feast."
Nikki Tomlinson, Artsadmin
Performances:
Exeter University (2008)
The Bluecoat, Liverpool (2008)
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (2007)
Sensitive Skin Nottingham (2007)
Fresh festival, Southampton and Hastings (2006)
National Review of Live Art, Glasgow (2006)
South Hill Park, Bracknell (2006)
Spice festival, Hackney Empire, London (2005)
Sprint 2005, London (2005)
ROAR 05, London (2005)
camden peoples theatre, London (2005)
Chisenhale Dance Space, London (2005)
photo credit - Theron Schimdt
