I was lucky to receive a generous Developing Your Creative Practice grant from the Arts Council earlier in the year. After a period of development, I’m very pleased to have completed The View From Above.
It’s been directed by Charlie Cattrall (with the amazing Stanislav Dobak as Director of Photography). The cast includes Gráinne O’Mahony (SCRUM), Sanee Raval (I May Destroy You), Ruth Everett (RSC), Jerry Killick (Forced Entertainment) and Kulvinder Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me; Blinded by the Light).
It’s one of the more ambitious pieces I think I’ve made, and it’s great working with so many brilliant collaborators. The script attempts to interrogate and critique some of the ways in which the narrative aesthetics used in contemporary storytelling privilege whiteness and maleness. It looks at how our media is used to other people and perpetuate white supremacy, and searches for other ways of seeing.
After sharing an early work in progress version through stage@leedsDigital in November, we’re looking for new contexts to show the finished piece next year. Updates soon.