Sunday, 1st of June, 5pm and 7pm.
Studio 12
65 minutes.
Conceived by Claire Shannon Kelly.
Devised with Tina Bagia, Emily Hawkins, Amber Sophia Williams, and Rosie Yates. Dramaturgy by Claire Shannon Kelly.
Scenography by Angus Kent.
Original text translated by Amber Sophia Williams.
Additional text by Claire Shannon Kelly.
Movement sequence devised by Tina Bagia and Claire Shannon Kelly.
Directors: Emily Hawkins and Amber Sophia Williams.
Mentor: Nancy Meckler.
The Café, an adaptation of August Strindberg’s short play The Stronger, documents one woman’s personal journey with the play and her attempt to use radical adaptation to dispel the play’s inherent misogyny, challenge the male gaze, and reclaim the silent woman trope. Working in the Café’s imaginary kitchen, the woman and her female collaborators experiment with various of types of radical adaptation as they search for the perfect mixture ingredients to create a new recipe that cleanses the palate of misogyny and patriarchy and invites the audience to savour the play through a delicious feminist lens.
Content warning: Themes of misogyny, emotional distress, and loud noise.
