Being different is a complicated business. It can be exciting, distressing, temporary, permanent, liberating, dangerous, painful, a cause for celebration. It’s about bodies and language, memories and labels, perceptions and assumptions, acceptance and resistance. Join DAR, a queer, neurodivergent, curious, middle-aged Talking Heads fanatic, to consider some tricky questions around the subjects of difference, identity, positioning, labelling and belonging.
Brought to you by Das Clarks and Jo Fong with Becky Davies, A Brief History of Difference is an interactive theatre piece rooted in conversation, knowledge sharing, questioning, personal narrative and performance.
A Brief History of Difference is for anyone who considers themself a person of difference and anyone who wonders what it would be like to be or live differently.
Das Clarks are Gareth Clark, Marega Palser and Dar Rogers. Their work has a playful and interactive element that bring art forms and people together. Das Clarks have a DIY approach to exploring ideas and empowering those who have no previous experience of performance.
Jo Fong has been dancing, moving and making for 30 years. She’s a Creative Associate artist with the Wales Millennium Centre and her creative work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Jo is currently touring The Rest of Our Lives, a performance created with clown and circus maker George Orange.
www.jofong.com
Dar Rogers is an early career writer and performer. Having previously worked as a social worker and a researcher, they became involved in the arts at the age of 50. DAR’s motto is ‘There’s Still Time!’.
Becky Davies is an English and Welsh speaking Creative Practitioner, based in Pontypridd, South Wales. In addition to lots of other things, Becky has been designing site-specific, outdoor, small-scale and touring theatre for companies such as Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Welsh National Opera Max and Theatr Iolo. https://www.beckydavies-theatredesigner-artist.com
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Image credit: Kirsten McTernan
