Dussskk - Snap-Elastic -
Co-Director
Dussskk - schools workshops r&d
Dussskk is a musikdrama for neurodivergent teenagers, specifically created for those who enjoy sound and seek sensory aural experiences. The piece will be a hybrid of gig / choral concert and immersive Gesamtkunstwerk – “a total work of art”. The piece has been inspired by difficult transition periods, emotional shifts and the magic of the inbetween.
Dussskk will be an immersive, kinaesthetic and aural experience with many facets of the performance - lighting, sound, costume and movement - coming together to envelop the audience, who can move amongst the performers. It will feature 5 singers and will use the full range of vocal expression - from breath sounds and ugly, crunchy vocals to choral singing.
Following on from Claire Eliza Willoughby’s time as a Jerwood Fellow with Oily Cart and Imaginate, this piece is a culmination of 2 years of research and training in how to make sensory work with and for young disabled audiences. It draws from her time training with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble in New York, and mentoring as part of her Fellowship with Hannah Tulliki. Dussskk has been awarded the highly competitive Jerwood New Work Fund 2023, which will go towards the development and presentation of the piece in 2025.
The Show for Young Men - GuestHouse Projects - Sound Designer
Photo: Jassy Earl
The Show for Young Men
A man and a boy meet on a stage that’s somewhere between a building site, a junkyard, and a hillside at dawn. Together they dance, play, wrestle, and sing trying to make sense of what it means to be a man.
The Show For Young Men is a tender and moving new contemporary dance piece made for audiences aged 8+, co-created and performed by Alfie, a 10-year-old boy, and Robbie Synge, a 40-something-year-old male dancer.
Set against a backdrop of a fictional radio station, the production uses joyful dance and risk-taking play to explore Robbie and Alfie’s burgeoning friendship. Posing larger questions around male bonding and intimacy, the production forges a space where a more compassionate and caring mode of masculinity can exist.
Directed by Eoin McKenzie in collaboration with Alfie and Robbie Synge, and Scenographer Rachel O’Neill. With Sound Design by Greg Sinclair, Lighting Design by Simon Hayes, and Choreographic Development by Aya Kobayashi. The creative team also includes critical friends Ivor MacAskill and Luke Pell, and chaperone Marie-Gabrielle Koumenda.
Produced by Isy Sharman on behalf of new performance company GuestHouse Projects, The Show for Young Men has been developed with support from Creative Europe’s PUSH+ Programme and residencies with The Ark, Dublin; Aaben Dans, Roskilde; and Imaginate’s Accelerator programme.
This presentation is supported by North Edinburgh Arts Centre and Imaginate, with funding from Creative Scotland.
Seashells
Photo: Minttu Mäntynen
Seashells
Seashells is going to Germany, Ireland and England. More info coming soon.
