Event
THE PUBLIC HOUSE
9 Jul 2012 – 14 Jul 2012
Event times
Venue: Unit 237, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6TB. Daytime (Tues-Sat) 10.30am - 6.30pm; Evening Show (Mon-Sat) 8pm
Cost of entry
Daytime FREE (drop-in); Evening Show £8 online / £10 on the door (limited availability)
Address
- 85 St George's Road
- London
- SE1 6ER
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- By Bus: 1, 35, 40, 45, 63, 68, 100, 133, 155, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 196, 333, 343, 363, 468, P5
- By Tube: Northern Line (Elephant & Castle), Bakerloo Line (Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle)
- By Rail: Waterloo Station, Elephant & Castle
A pop-up home for performance.
About
Hiru Dance Organisation presents Theà Public House - a pop-up home for performance - for one whole week as part of the South Londonà Big Dance programme, led by Siobhan Davies Dance.Withà the help of design trio Wignall & Moore and visual artist Anna Sikorska, Hiruà will transform an empty unit in Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre into a living room to host eight new commissions and two existing dances - each a direct response to the context of The Public House.
An empty shop becomes a home.
A sofa becomes a stage.
Public space becomes private.
Private actions become public.
Featuring installations, performances, workshops, sit-ins, lie-ins, discussions, domestics, improvisations and choreographic experiments.
The line-up of artists at The Public House includes graduates from Laban, London Contemporary Dance School, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Roehampton University, whose work has been seen at Barbican Centre, Chelsea Theatre, Chisenhale Dance Space, Hannah Barry Gallery, Southbank Centre, Siobhan Davies Studios and The Place.
Alexandrina Hemsley - Antonio de la Fe Guedes - The Arch of Starch - Eleanor Sikorski - Gillie Kleiman - immigrants and animals - Moreno Solinas - Riccardo Buscarini - Sebastian Kurth - Trumpet Creepers with Seke Chimutengwende
Design team Wignall & Moore and Anna Sikorska graduated from Nottingham University, Royal College of Art and Slade School of Fine Art. Wignall & Moore designed and curated The King & The Minotaur labyrinth gallery www.thekingandtheminotaur.com. Anna Sikorska, winner of the National Sculpture Competition, is a visual artist based in London.
The Public House is supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Big Dance, Legacy Trust UK, The National Lottery Fund, Southwark Council, Mayor of London and somewhereto_ .
Venue: Unit 237, 1st Floor Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London, SE1 6SD.
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