The Joystick and The Reins - Eve Stainton (UK)
Location: The Warehouse in Holbeck
Address: Crosby Street, Leeds, LS11 9RQ | Venue Information
Genre: Choreography
Language: English
Eve Stainton’s unnerving choreographic performance explores societal suspicion and the construction of threat. As a solo figure moves amongst us, the Airedale Symphony Orchestra plays a live soundtrack – the music from 80s horror film The Thing.
The Joystick and The Reins interrogates who decides who and what is a ‘threat’ within society, and how these ideas are reinforced through systems of oppression and authoritarianism.
Reproducing intense, hyper-emotional states, Stainton’s references include historical reenactments, police and riot arrest imagery, and 1980s ‘Crime Watch’ episodes.
Complicating ideas of power and dominance, perpetrator and victim, threat and interpretation, the show asks: what it means to reconstruct a theatrical scene that draws on truth, and what societal constructs keep people at risk.
Part of Transform 25 international performance festival: transformfestival.org
Duration: 60 minutes
Age recommendation: 14+
Content note:
- The artist will move through the audience at parts of the performance and there will be optional moments of audience interaction.
- Includes movement and moments of loud music (ear plugs will be available).
Accessibility:
- This performance is presented in a warehouse space with theatre seating. Most of the seating is high-backed chairs.
- Audio description is available.
- Step free access to the event.
- Accessible toilets at the venue.
- A rest area is available.
- There is an open door policy across all shows at Transform, meaning ticket holders are welcome to come and go as they need.
- See here for more information about the venue.
Price: Transform offers a Pay What You Can scheme, with tickets priced from £2 to £35. The recommended price is £25.
Credits:
Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Slung Low’s The Warehouse in Holbeck.
Co-commissioned by Bold Tendencies, Dansehallerne, Transform, The Place and performance, possession + automation (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council). Supported by Queen Mary University of London, Old Diorama Arts Centre, Den Frie Udstilling, SLUG and L'Ecart Biennial.
Get in touch
Production contact : [email protected]
How to book?
Tickets for this performance are on general sale to the public, so make sure you book early to avoid disappointment.