The Dirt

The Dirt by Marianne Tuckman

Combining voice, movement and text this pulsing tragicomedy reduces the climate crisis to the metaphor of a filthy house. When home has become contaminated, how to we dream about the future?

In exactly the moment that it was predicted, the climate emergency has arrived.   Everything has changed. The last woman on earth is beside herself. She used to live in a nice house in a nice area and never thought climate change would actually, you know, affect someone like her.  But here we are. The Dirt has arrived at her door and is seeping into her house. Terrified, she calls her cleaner, a punk who has since been evicted, to come round and help, but despite all their efforts, the house just gets dirtier and dirtier. 
Tomorrow, she had planned to have children and play with them. She wonders if this will be possible.
 
In this 50-minute solo performance, linguistic boundary pusher Marianne Tuckman asks: 'If outside forces such as the climate crisis invade and contaminate home, how does our vision of the future mutate? And, a burning question facing my generation: is having children still an option?'

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Opening Performance by dance theatre artists Áine Reynolds and Ruby Portus

Tom and Jerry. Thelma and Louise. Cheese and Biscuits. Barbz and Judy. Áine and Ruby.
A double act - friends, idiots, and a show that may feel like kids making a den out of bed sheets or being flung into a fancy dress box. That's showbiz!

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Trailer

Teaser

WORKSHOP :
Dreaming in the climate emergency

The company is also offering a free-to-attend workshop on 2. February 1800-19.30 at The Cockpit.

The term ‘climate anxiety' has been developed to describe the wide felt feelings of anger, distress,  eco- grief, and insecurity towards the future that have become acute in the lives of many.  
Via these workshops, Marianne Tuckman (performer, writer) and Philippa Tuckman  (psychotherapist) deliver a facilitated discussion leading into creative writing explorations  drawing from the Social Dreaming Matrix method.
Follow this link for more information and to register.

PRESS on 'The Dirt'

Tuckman is an excellent physical performer, with great comic timing and exceptional agility. Through character, humour and a powerful performance a simple truth is revealed: that the climate catastrophe end of the world will be a very personal event.
Everything Theatre
Marianne embodies the characters uncannily and cleverly, dousing her solo with relatable humour and currency. The Dirt asks many questions related to climate change. Rather than being irritatingly moralistic, it paints a picture of what might happen tomorrow if change isn’t set in motion today. Dance Art Journal
An endlessly watchable performer, Tuckman holds the room with an uncanny power. A Youngish Perspective

HEXIS Productions 
A trans-disciplinary company working between social sciences and the performing arts to transform current political topics into the language of magical realism. A 6 headed team based between Berlin, Leeds and Porto. 

https://mariannetuckman.hotglue.me/thedirt

Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 February - 8:00pm