TAMED or It’s Hard To Get A Real Horse
10 Jul 2024 until —13 Jul 2024
A new show about how we are tamed by the structures that surround us and the systems we belong to.
Based sort of on The Taming of the Shrew, an all-female cast gather to rehearse for a new adaptation of the play. Taking turns to interpret the character of Kate and drawing on the epic, the mundane and the ridiculous, they reenact scenes and versions of events; exploring the tamed and the untamed, the conformer and the rebel, the collective and the individual – and how hard it is to find a real horse.
Merging text, dance and technology and straddling comedy and drama, this multi-genre show challenges expectations and disrupts the status quo.
Made in collaboration with local people and featuring a community chorus of local women, this is a space, place and people responsive project.
Written and Directed by Sarah Calver. Made in collaboration with the company.