'The Camden Tights Ball' project with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

'The Tights Ball' project, originally 'Re-imagining Ladies Tights', has a new website:

http://www.tightsball.co.uk

 

~Poster by Jason Wen~

Initially commissioned by the London Borough of Lewisham to raise awareness of textile recycling, with funding support from Arts Council England, Anna Kompaniets, Lenka Horakova and Platform-7 set out to discover the politics of tights recycling by collecting old tights.  

During 2014 The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama MA Music Theatre and the London borough of Camden are the latest collaborators on 'The Tights Ball' journey with interventions on the streets of Camden. Used tights can be donated in boxes across the borough, before being re-purposed through free workshops and becoming part of a major musical performance during National Recycle Week 2014, with working bin truck from Veolia Environmental Services.

Public Interventions:

15^th March, 10am – 1pm. 

Public tights wash. Outside Swiss Cottage Library, NW3 3HA

5^th June, 10am – 2pm. 

Upcycling of women’s tights. Queen’s Crescent Market, Gospel Oak, NW5 4HH. Join us in a fun, creative workshop, all tools supplied.

Live Public Performances:

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’ MA Music Theatre presents ‘Veolia Songs’

20^th June, 11:30am – 1:30pm. 

Outside Swiss Cottage Library, NW3 3HA & Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, NW3 3HA

21^st June, 11:30am – 1:30pm.

Somers Town Estate, Euston,  NW1 1EE

FREE - All welcome!

AKLERIAH COMMISSIONED BY ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH TO RESURRECT EMMA HAMILTON'S STORY AND HER FAMOUS 'ATTITUDES'

  'EMMA HAMILTON'S ATTITUDES RENEWED'

Dates: Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th February

Performances times: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

Duration: 15 minutes

Location: The Queen's House, Romney Rd, London, SE10 9NF 

Admission: Free

Nearest Station: Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

Please see for details: http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/events/attitudes

Photo by: Jason Wen
Starring: Jourdan Powell 

Inspired by the fascinating life of Emma Hamilton and her performances of 'Attitudes'; Lenka Horakova and Anna Kompaniets of Akleriah, in collaboration with filmmaker Jason Wen and Drama lecture and theatre director Jillian Wallis and her University of Greenwich students, resurrect Emma Hamilton's story in relation to the contemporary female.
 
Mixing contemporary and traditional devices, audience will be taken on a journey into the world of a person whom, 'once-upon-a-time', was the most famous woman from England. Though she bore the only child of England's ninth most popular figure of all time, Admiral Nelson, she was a remarkable and historic person in her own right: a trendsetter, a fashion icon, artists' muse, a celebrity loved and admired by the men and women of Europe; the amazing and tragic Lady Emma Hamilton.

Intrigued by Emma's rise from poverty to fame and her ultimate fall, the piece looks at the relevance of 'Attitudes' today. Through symbolism and iconography, questions are raised about the fragility of her character, the significance men have played in her life, as well as her innermost feelings, seeking to draw parallels to women today.

Performed by:

Emma Hamilton: Jourdan Powell

Young Emma Hamilton: Ruby Brown

William Hamilton: Rhys Pridmore

Emma's Mother: Jackie Collins

George Romney and Charles Greville: James Walsom

Queen Maria Carolina: Amy Bentley

Lady X: Chantelle Walker