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ABOUT US
We develop engaging interdisciplinary performance work for theaters and alternative spaces.
The Collective has a particular interest in female-identifying stories and a desire to generate work about and alongside communities.
Our practice is sometimes text to stage, sometimes process based and curatorial, combining elements of theatre, dance, film, soundscape and installation.
CREATING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, SCHOLARSHIP & ACTIVISM
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
We believe that performance art should make people think
make them ask questions, reconsider their perspectives and biases, and drive them towards action
We believe that performance art should unite
bring people together, build new communities, and foster feelings of inclusion and belonging
We wish to develop work with impact
through academic research, personal encounters, auto-ethnographic approaches and interdisciplinary exploration
We wish to develop work that communicates true stories and experiences
with honesty, integrity, and intention
We maintain that performance art can take a variety of forms
We are interested in creating across a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Our current focus is on curatorial, installation and community based work, as well as work in alternative spaces
THE VALUES THAT INFORM OUR WORK
Give us a follow @IndigoArtsCollective
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S DAY FESTIVAL
AT THE HOPE THEATRE MARCH 21st-25th 2023
We celebrated International Women’s Day with a festival of original solo shows at the Hope Theatre in London, written and performed by women from across the country and around the globe.
From thoughtful and funny to provocative and experimental, we loved celebrating so many talented female performers.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
We find Lila, a young British woman, alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928. Abandoned by her family, society, and her only friend in the asylum, she is forced to face her deepest secrets and the dark reality of the events leading up to her imprisonment.
The show presents us with questions about gender, mental health and the institutional suppression of the female voice.
Previously seen in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, off-off Broadway at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the Clapham Fringe Festival, the Online Fringe Festival and Garden Fringe.
Recently performed at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with encore performances at the Old Red Lion in London.
A ONE ACT PLAY BY SHEA DONOVAN
SHE(ME): RECLAIMING SHAME
A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE GALLERY
Shame. That uncomfortable, ugly thing that we all carry around, but rarely look closely at. We all experience it, but only rarely do we examine it, explore it and look it in the eye. So what happens if we stage it, and by doing so, reclaim it and take away its power?
6 women from across the UK and 10 hours of virtual rehearsal bring you She(me): Reclaiming Shame, an experiment in building shame resilience through devised, digital performance art. The cast confronts the unspoken and the uncomfortable with care, humor and creativity in this original new work.
Through a series of workshops the cast explored their personal relationships with shame, as it intersects with female identity. Filmed in their homes and presented through the familiar lens of zoom, the company courageously stages their discoveries for all to see. The resulting vignettes include movement, spoken word poetry, sketch comedy and more, guiding audiences towards introspection, indignation and action.
Currently appearing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Previously seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brighton Fringe Festival, Sydney Fringe Festival and Wandsworth Fringe Festivals.
THE SONNET RESPONSE SERIES
The piece asks 154 participants to transform Shakespeare’s sonnets into personal, interdisciplinary creative acts.
In these uncertain times, the work is interested in exploring how to link individuals and communities in isolation, and how to generate creative work outside of our typical models of in-person rehearsal and collaboration.
While many artists are unsure of what the immediate future holds, this project aims to ground them in a global artistic community and encourage the creation of new work in crisis.
A COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE RESPONSE
TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS
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ABOUT US
We develop engaging interdisciplinary performance work for theaters and alternative spaces.
The Collective has a particular interest in female-identifying stories and a desire to generate work about and alongside communities.
Our practice is sometimes text to stage, sometimes process based and curatorial, combining elements of theatre, dance, film, soundscape and installation.
CREATING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, SCHOLARSHIP & ACTIVISM
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
We believe that performance art should make people think
make them ask questions, reconsider their perspectives and biases, and drive them towards action
We believe that performance art should unite
bring people together, build new communities, and foster feelings of inclusion and belonging
We wish to develop work with impact
through academic research, personal encounters, auto-ethnographic approaches and interdisciplinary exploration
We wish to develop work that communicates true stories and experiences
with honesty, integrity, and intention
We maintain that performance art can take a variety of forms
We are interested in creating across a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Our current focus is on curatorial, installation and community based work, as well as work in alternative spaces
THE VALUES THAT INFORM OUR WORK
THE SONNET RESPONSE SERIES
A COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE RESPONSE
TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS
The piece asks 154 participants to transform Shakespeare’s sonnets into personal, interdisciplinary creative acts.
In these uncertain times, the work is interested in exploring how to link individuals and communities in isolation, and how to generate creative work outside of our typical models of in-person rehearsal and collaboration.
While many artists are unsure of what the immediate future holds, this project aims to ground them in a global artistic community and encourage the creation of new work in crisis.
THE SONNET RESPONSE SERIES
A COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE RESPONSE
TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS
The piece asks 154 participants to transform Shakespeare’s sonnets into personal, interdisciplinary creative acts.
In these uncertain times, the work is interested in exploring how to link individuals and communities in isolation, and how to generate creative work outside of our typical models of in-person rehearsal and collaboration.
While many artists are unsure of what the immediate future holds, this project aims to ground them in a global artistic community and encourage the creation of new work in crisis.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
A ONE ACT PLAY BY SHEA DONOVAN
We find Lila, a young British woman, alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928. Abandoned by her family, society, and her only friend in the asylum, she is forced to face her deepest secrets and the dark reality of the events leading up to her imprisonment.
The show presents us with questions about gender, mental health and the institutional suppression of the female voice.
Previously seen in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, off-off Broadway at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the Clapham Fringe Festival, the Online Fringe Festival and Garden Fringe.
Recently performed at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with encore performances at the Old Red Lion and the Hope Theatre in London.
BEHIND GLASS
AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY
An auto-ethnographic performance work
that uses movement, spoken word poetry, soundscape and audience engagement to explore questions of identity.
Inspired by "grab her by the pussy" politics, the murder of Lyra McKee and the daily frustration of conflicting and unachievable societal expectations, the piece gives audiences an intimate glimpse into the mind of a silent woman with a lot to say.
Click below to listen to the soundscapes created for the piece.
CHOREOGRAPHY CONFINED
AN EXPLORATION OF SPACE
Choreography Confined is a Virtual Dance Composition Retreat in which participants are challenged to create movement in new ways in the virtual company of other artists.
The project is an experiment in movement, shared experiences and shifting perspectives and offers opportunities for creative exploration which works with our current limitations instead of against them.
The two week collaborative process culminated in individual dance works from each participating artist, (now streaming online), as well as a final dance film including footage from each participant.
The final film project is currently making its way around the festival circuit and will be posted in full here once it's festival run has concluded.
Watch individual participant films HERE
IVY DAYS
AN EXPLORATION OF CHILDHOOD MEMORY
Ivy Days is a multi-part mixed media project and temporary installation exploring how we remember pivotal childhood moments.
Each element of the piece is grounded in the recollections of my six year old self. The poem, written in the style of a nursery rhyme, the images, painted in watercolors and pulled from a sketch book- the two together, photographed both in the ivy, where the memories were made, and in polaroid to place them in the past, where they now live.
The paintings are photographed in the public space where they were temporarily displayed.
Recently published in Push Up Daisies Magazine.
