Accidents of the Soul
Accidents of the Soul is a new dance-theatre show from award-winning Shotput, about emotions, structured as a living photoshoot in which entire worlds are built, captured in a moment on film, and then destroyed.
This solo work by Shotput's co-artistic director Lucy Ireland is about building emotions and then tearing them apart. What happens when we push feelings to their limits? Inhabiting the liminal space between 'really feeling it' and the suspicion that all emotions might be 'for show', Lucy plays with the audience’s expectations of how we feel and what we feel for. Through feat-of-endurance dancing, visually striking design and razor-sharp humour, Lucy takes aim at the stereotypes of the stoic Scot and the “hysterical woman”, creating a more nuanced self-portrait that recognises the complexity of the individual soul. She gives moving shape to the emotions within her, and one thing's for sure: they ain't only pretty.
An antidote against numbness, Accidents of the Soul is about the intensity of emotions, multiplicity of the self and the never-ending fight to find connection within a fragmented world.
CREDITS
Concept, Co-Director and Performer | Lucy Ireland
Co-Director | Jim Manganello
Producer | Isy Sharman
Scenic and Costume Designer | Anna Yates
Lighting Designer | Emma Jones
Dramaturg | Luca Rutherford
Sound Designer | Garry Boyle
Composer | Cat Myers
Production Manager | Craig Fleming
PERFORMANCES
Saturday 6th March | Paisley Arts Centre
Tuesday 9th March | Eden Court, Inverness
Thursday 11th March | SEALL, Isle of Skye
Saturday 13th March | Macphail Centre, Ullapool
Tuesday 16th March | The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Friday 19th March | Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
Tuesday 11th May | Dance City, Newcastle
Thursday 13th and Friday 14th May | Glasgow, venue tbc
Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd May | Summerhall, Edinburgh