A Show for Claudia

A Show For Claudia 

June 2023

To launch our ongoing series, ELDERZ, who better than that trailblazing whirlwind of wonder - Claudia Boulton (19/04/1946 - 26/10/2021)

Claudia Boulton was an actor, director, writer, activist, Discordian Pope, feminist punk cabaret star, earthly embodiment of the goddess Eris and an undeniably glorious Force of Nature.

In a theatrical experiment that Claudia would have adored, a group of her friends and fellow theatre-makers lived and worked together for a week, created a show from scratch, then came straight to The Cockpit to tell the story of her incredible life through live action, puppets, animation, film, music, dance and capering.

CAST (in order of appearance) Dixie McDevitt, Rose Pepper, Jethro Skinner, Chiana Hurst, Dominic Search, Myra Stuart, Michelle Watson, Jacqueline Haigh, Tom Grashion, Dave Wybrow, Christine Ellerbeck, Didi Hopkins, Michelle Olley, Deborah Curtis, Candida Benson

PUPPETEERS: Dixie McDevitt, Rose Pepper, Myra Stuart

DRAMATURGE/DIRECTOR Daisy Campbell

COSTUME & PROPS Michelle Watson, Myra Stuart, Deborah Curtis, Chiana Hurst, Rose Pepper

CL-AUDIO: Extraction, editing and Sound Engineering original interview: Howard Gray

DIGITAL CAT HERDING: Dominic Search

VISUALS:
Late 60s: Swimming in Spirituality by John Horabin
1970s: London to India by Amoeba
2020: Interview with Claudia by Poppy Green Soldier Soldier footage taken from an original film by Mitch Davies (RIP)
Claudia’s Bow taken with kind permission from Gob Squad’s Creation (Pictures of Dorian)
Kumba Mehla footage from Kings with Straw Mats by Ira Cohen (1986)
Brighton Work in Progress Footage by Andrea Gaeler
Additional edits by Dolly Rae Star and Dominic Search

FILMING & PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrea Galer www.andrea-galer.co.uk
Bruce Basudde www.brucephotography.co.uk

MUSIC:
Song - All Hail Disclaudia by Nettlemouth
Song - Eight Circuits by Occult Hardware
Poonam Music and instruments kindly supplied by Dolly Rae Star

THANKS TO:
Kate Alderton, Finn and Rosie Pepper for sharing their home with us
Greg Sams for the Strange Attraction Fractal Badges
Dave Pepper and Candida Benson for errant errands
Deborah Curtis for feeding us - not just with food but with Greener Fairer Wiser inspiration!
Greg Donaldson for the skull
Our team of orange die makers
Everyone at The Cockpit, but especially our incredible Tech Squad: Des, Yin Qi, Scarlett, the Cue Assassins
Ron at The Bookery Gallery for the after party
Gob Squad: https://www.gobsquad.com/projects/creation-pictures-for-dorian/

Nettlemouth's All Hail DisClaudia track is available to stream (and check out the lyrics!)/buy  here: https://nettlemouth.bandcamp.com/track/all-hail-dis-claudia

A LOVE & WILL and The COCKPIT Co-Production
Apple Corps: Daisy Campbell, Kate Alderton, Michelle Watson, Dominic Search, Michelle Olley & Claudia Boulton (Rest in Power).

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All profits go towards the Claudrobe fund - a living archive project for Claudia's extensive costume collection and library.