TAMED or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse

A multi-episodic project about conforming to - and rebelling against – the status quo.

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A series of works which playfully look at how the structures surrounding us and the systems we belong to, tame our behaviour, thought and agency.​​​​​

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Through these works we explore ideas around the collective and the individual, looking into our innate habit to form groups - for solidarity, protection, comfort, productivity etc. as well as moments of the individual - rebellion, freedom, loneliness and exclusion. In this era where the promotion of individualism is key to controlling the collective, and at a time where authoritarian regimes and populism promote polarisation, distrust and exclusion, we investigate and present the tools of these systems to condition, protect and control and celebrate positive modes of togetherness and community, rebellion and difference.

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We have been working on this project for some years, mostly developing a theatre work. 

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As part of this project we are collaborating with local communities through a series of activities and events to promote creativity, togetherness and cohesion and offer a small counter to policies that aim to create division and hate. For Episode 1: Tamed or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse, we worked with local artists who hosted creative events with local people, we had a post-show community meal in the venue and engaged a community chorus of local women who informed the show.​

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We will continue to work with local people in the development of the work, finding ways for the project to have positive impacts on the communities we are working with.​​​​

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Tamed or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse - A Theatre Work.

Five female actors gather to rehearse for a new play. ​​​Using the structure of theatre as an example; the actors demonstrate and struggle against what's expected of them (as actors and women) and by the rules of the the system they inhabit  (the theatre) - it's hard to get a real horse.

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​TAMED or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse premiered at St. George's Theatre in Great Yarmouth in July 2024, opening the same week as Reform UK  (populist right-wing party) were elected in the region.

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