Recent Projects
THE KISS&CRY PROJECT, 2019–
THE KISS&CRY PROJECT is an intensely neurodiverse alternate universe fanfiction about figure skating, exploring trans joy, dysfunction, escapism and desire. It consists of a series of performances that exist within the same universe, including kiss&cry, a participatory online performance, kiss&cry 2: bride of kiss&cry, a durational performance installation, and Untitled (On Ice), a live performance on synthetic ice. Developed with support from National Theatre of Scotland, CLAY, Tramway and Creative Scotland.
kiss&cry, 2020
The ‘kiss and cry’ is the name of the area where figure skaters sit and receive their scores after completing their programmes, a livestreamed designated ‘emotion zone’. kiss&cry is a participatory online performance exploring escapism, neurodivergence & online intimacy through a mixture of live elements and pre–recorded footage, a customisable and overwhelming soundscape by Nicol Parkinson, and “self”-insert fanfiction written to each audience member’s preferences. Commissioned by Centre for Live Art Yorkshire.
If Britney Could Get Through 2007 We Can Get Through This, 2017–2018
When I was 17, I experienced an episode of mental illness, during which I shaved my head. A week later, Britney Spears did the same thing. This is a show about that time, but also a loud and messy riot grrrl Britney tribute act and a love letter to our stubborn teenage former selves, performed with a three-piece all–trans punk band. Performed at Camden People’s Theatre and at the Trans Pride Brighton Season at the Marlborough Theatre. Supported by Arts Council England.
Cry Cry Kill Kill by Louise Orwin (performer and collaborator) 2018-present
This is a project about rage, hysteria, horror movies and the allure of the image. It is about what it means to be the ‘sad girl’, what it means to be the ‘final girl’, and what it means to be a survivor in a world obsessed with survivor stories. This project was the 2018 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award finalist, supported by the Barbican and the BAC.
THERESAMAY SMACKDOWN (performer) 2016-2019
Femme Feral’s THERESAMAY SMACKDOWN is a loud queer femme wrestling performance ritual aiming release our rage and destroy the conservatives. Performing at VFD, Live Art Bistro, The Marlborough Theatre, Buzzcut and Hackney Showrooms.
Tekken Ritual, 2018
When I was a child a good witch put a spell on me that allows me to beat all misogynists at video games, despite being terrible at video games. This is a femme ritual to transfer this gift to a member of the audience through the medium of Tekken 2. Performed at Beta Public VII at Camden People’s Theatre.
ChipolotarARTparty by Daniel Oliver (performer) 2018
ChipolatlARTparty is a dyspraxic time-travel adventure show involving the good fake future silver clothes and the bad real hypnosis they like to call ‘hypnosis’. Performed at Camden People’s Theatre, Latitude Festival, CLAY and Steakhouse Live.
GIMME GIMME, 2017
On the 10 year anniversary of the release of Gimme More by Britney Spears, it is time for a dance break. Britney says “if I have a lot of nervous energy, you know when I start dancing it all goes away and I just feel emotion!” and I just wanna dance with you. Performed at SPLAT! Festival in York, supported by CLAY
Slashfic, 2017
A performance about learning about sex from fanfiction, where I read Yuri On Ice fanfiction and invite a member of the audience to do to me what the characters are doing to each other. Performed with Buzzcut at The Space in Glasgow.
Sissy Slut, 2016
Cunnilingus Splashback offers a specialised domination experience which includes orgasm denial, hypnosis and sissification. Let them change your mind. Performed at Steakhouse Live, Bar Wotever and at GAS in Glasgow.
Prepping, 2016
After my grandmother died, I discovered that she owned several thousand pairs of nylon stockings, decades worth of tinned food, and a gun. She had been preparing for WW3. In this durational performance I put my body inside her clothes and try to understand her by eating tinned peaches and preparing for the disaster we know to be coming. Performed at Low Stakes Festival, commissioned as part of The Bunker Project.
Fake Pockets Are the Devil, 2015
A chubby dyspraxic strip tease by greedy bisexual Cunnilingus Splashback, demonstrating how you can use your body as a storage space if your dresses or skirts don’t have pockets. Created as part of the Duckie Homosexualist Summer School, performed at Duckie, Latitude Festival and the Goldsmiths Genderfuck Ball
Unauthorised Autobiography, 2015
A performance that explored rumours, exaggeration and feminine abjection through satanist ballet, tall tales and being taught to do makeup by my mother, using a variety of personas including a witch with vagina dentata, a genderless robot, and my mother when she was pregnant with me. Created as my final performance for my MA in Theatre and Performance, with mentoring from Lois Weaver and Lucy Hutson, performed at the Peopling the Palace(s) Festival and at Camden People’s Theatre) as part of their Calm Down Dear festival.
