TAMED or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse
A space, place and people responsive project made on location at St. George's Theatre in Great Yarmouth.
This is project about conforming to - and rebelling against – the status quo. Exploring how behaviour, thought and agency have been conditioned and tamed by the societies we live in.
As an investigation into the collective and the individual; TAMED or It's Hard To Get Real Horse, looks at how the systems and structures we belong to, condition us to conform, and the consequences for those who do not.
Presented by a chorus of Kates (of Taming of the Shrew fame) who playfully reimagine the role and versions of events. Fiction and reality merge, the line between performance and rehearsal becomes blurred, the actors perform and are performed by Kate, a community chorus emerges from the wings and the audience themselves are immersed, and participate, in the piece.
Merging text, dance, design and technology and drawing on the epic, the mundane and the ridiculous, this is a multifaceted, immersive and dynamic show that challenges expectations and disrupts the status quo.
The show will premiere at St. George's Theatre in Great Yarmouth July 2024.
Funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Funding, Norfolk County Council and The Geoffrey Watling Charity.
Supported by St. George's Theatre and Norwich Theatre.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Sarah Calver
Creative Producer: Eleni Kyriacou
Creative Engagement Associate: Julia Devonshire
Video & Media: Rory Willats
Composer and Sound Design: Garth McConaghie
Set & Costume Designer: Mayou Trikerioti
Lighting Designer: Pablo Baz
Production Manager: Lucinda Bray
In partnership with St. George's Theatre & Norwich Theatre as part of the Beyond Stages.
Funded by Arts Council England, The Geoffrey Watling Foundation, Norfolk Art Fund.
2022
The show has previously been developed as an R&D.
Norwich Theatre 2022:
Director: Sarah Calver
Video & Media: Rory Willats
Composer and Sound Design: Garth McConaghie
Set & Costume Designer: Mayou Trikerioti
Assistant Designer: Denisha Parmenter
Lighting Designer: Lucinda Bray
Devising Performers: Danielle Meehan, Keziah Joseph, Joey Holden & Megan Treadway
Producer: Alice Venessa Bever
Production Manager: Lucinda Bray
Stage Manager: Jamie Woodhouse
Social Media Manager: Denisha Parmenter.
Community Engagement Artist: Tassa de Paris.
This stage of the project was funded by Arts Council National Lottery Funding and Norfolk County Council. It was supported by DanceEast and Norwich Theatre.
2019:
Director & Text: Sarah Calver
Movement: Kate Sagovsky
Composer and Sound Design: Garth McConaghie
Video Design: Dallas Fields
Performers/ co-creators: Jennifer Jackson / Angela Clerkin / Carolina Valdés / Jessica Murrain.
Producer: Hannah Tookey
The Research and Development was funded by Arts Council National Lottery Funding and Norfolk County Council. It was supported by Fourth Monkey, Southwalk Playhouse and The Cut.
