A subversive guide to creativity in a time of turmoil.

How pissed off are you at the state of everything? Between empty frustration, wanting to strategise and even trying to organise, there might be another response you’ve resisted – one that’s going to make you a lot more subversive. Dare you come to the show that will unlock it?

 

Creativity. Do you take it for granted in your life, or keep it at arm’s length? Is it a trigger for inspiration or shame? Or just perplexed indifference?
And what is your relationship with *the future*?
Which of those same responses apply?
If I suggested you try to imagine them put together, what would you picture?
Playwright, poet and life-long creative Peter John Cooper and I have teamed up to create a special two-person show. In it, we will challenge you to reconsider your place in the now of fearsome unrealities, partly by daring to put together those two words:
Creativity and Futures.
 

“It would be very understandable if you’ve not quite known how to respond the politics and crises of your age creatively. But if anything of now gets you angry, is there something new you can do with it?”

Creativity + futures?

Whether you’re an artist or a maker or not currently practicing much, it would be very understandable if you’ve not quite known how to respond the politics and crises of your age creatively. But if anything of now gets you angry, is there anything new you can do with it – even change the energy into something much longer lasting?”
 If you’ve ever wanted to hear a different take on tomorrow – or today – who will dream it up, if not you? If now is not the time to be a writer, when is?
From a lifetime making stories and experiences for love and money, Peter and I will be discussing the vital processes of engaging with our times using creativity, and how it literally changes the world.
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Join us for our subversive guide to creativity in a time of turmoil. Because there’s always a lot more going on than the end of the world.

What are the technical requirements of the show?

 

The show feels like a conversation between Peter and I, and so could work as well in a corner of a pub. But we like to run a simple deck through laptop and projector to add some cues and visual punchlines. All of this we can bring with us for a tiny venue, or simply plug into a venue’s system.
The show runs for 75 minutes including time for an informal chat and questions with the audience.