ERASE ERASE ERUPT
A Queer and Feminist Theatre Festival
12th - 15th May 2019
'Erase Erase Erupt' is a new festival of in-development queer and feminist theatre and performance. Across four evenings artists will explore queerness, sexual violence, gender identity and more in a range of mediums: theatre, spoken word, song, cabaret, drag. Expect a glorious programme of work from exciting emerging artists, pushing the boundaries of form and content, learning, discovering and exploding.
It is time for the voices of those who have been erased, to erupt.
FULL PROGRAMME
The festival runs across four nights, with two alternating programmes, details of which can be found below.
FIGHT. FLIGHT. FREEZE. FUCK.
BY PINK FREUD THEATRE
12th and 14th May
We have fought.
We have flown.
We have frozen.
And we have fucked.
Three people have stories to tell. These are stories of smeared consent, sexual violence, rape. Let’s create a space in which to hear them. Let’s create a space in which they can respond to them.
This is a play about voices and spaces and sexual violence. It is also a play about kindness.
DEAD RECKONING
BY CLUMSY BODIES
13th and 15th May
'More Americans believe they have seen a ghost than have met a trans person' - Faye Seidler
Based on interviews and archives from the trans and non-binary community, Dead Reckoning is a journey with no map to follow, where we’re making the rules up as we go along. How, as trans and non-binary people, do we write ourselves full of joy? How do we write ourselves living?
HEADLINER: IZZY JOAN
with 'BI/BI'
12th and 14th May
Izzy Joan is a performer, creator and singer/songwriter. Bi/Bi takes the audience on a psychedelic journey exploring the link between sexuality and mental health and asks the question “why the f*ck is my brain like this?”
HEADLINER: LADY UNCHAINED
13th and 15th May
Lady Unchained is a poet and educator on a mission to prove that there is life after prison. Through poetry she shares her personal story and also mentors a network of Unchained artists to do the same.
Lady Unchained hosts regular sell out event Unchained Nights in partnership with Artsadmin at Toynbee Studios- a night of inspirational storytelling, poetry and music performed by artists with lived experience of the justice system. She co-hosts We Are StraightLine, a weekly broadcast about getting out of prison and staying out of prison for National Prison Radio and has worked with charities including Body and Soul, Working Chance and Safe Ground as well as being invited as a speaker at numerous events including Being The Story andTedxLondon. Through her partnership with Artsadmin, Lady Unchained is currently delivering a project exploring identity and belonging with Southwark Women's Hub.
MC: CAKEY FAKE
12th and 14th May
Cakey Fake not only sings but also, flings! With three minute treats that address the awkward side of the female agenda and with enough glitter to replace a beach she presents a stiletto stomping gesture to the things that make you go ‘ugh’.
REVEREND JACOB ADAMS
12th and 14th May
With the end of the world right around the corner, spend your final days worshipping our lord and saviour: The GC.
The year 2019 was when it all went wrong. Politics were dividing the masses, our sacred spaces were being destroyed and people continued to wear Crocs. Now, in the year 2999, a small group of devout seek to find salvation through fake tan and hair extensions. The path to righteousness involves saving sinners, songs of praise and plenty of communion wine.
Join Reverend Adams' flock as he spreads the word of the one true diva.
MAXINE SIBIHWANA
13th and 15th May
Maxine Sibihwana is a 22 year old Ugandan poet by way of Kenya, Egypt and the UK. Her work grapples with navigating grief, displacement and religion in her identity as an African woman. She is contributing writer to Lacuna literary magazine and is currently part of the Roundhouse poetry collective of 2018/19. She completed a BSc in Sociology at LSE and will be starting a masters in creative writing at Cambridge this autumn.
DAVIDAY DYKE
12th and 14th May
On a mission to bring back the Bush.
JESS RAHMAN-GONZÁLEZ
13th and 15th May
Jess Rahman-González is a queer, non-binary poet and theatre-maker. Jess' poetry entwines the history of psychiatry with the history of their family to look at the trauma we simultaneously endure, inherit, and pass down. They are a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and playwright-in-residence at DYSPLA. A selection of Jess' poetry will be published by Out-Spoken Press in Nascent, a new anthology platforming four emerging BAME poets.
RAE LEVINE
13th and 15th May
Rae Levine is a bona fide storyteller and writer. As a performer, her unique ability to craft songs and spoken word pieces that speak about the human condition captivates audiences every time. Early 2018, Rae released her first body of work ‘Tears Fall, Passion Swims’ based on the experiences of Mental Health. Rae is now learning to create soundscapes tailored to tell her unique stories, it's all coming together nicely as she readies for her next project.
OLI ISAAC SMITH
13th and 15th May
Oli Isaac Smith is a non-binary writer, film and theatre-maker. Oli is currently a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and previously the Apples & Snakes Writing Room. Oli's poetry explores the tension of growing up with a speech impediment and trying to access language to navigate their queer identity.
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REID8
12th and 14th May
Curated by dancer and neo burlesquer, Cerise Rei, ReiD8 are a new dance and neo burlesque troupe ready to grace multiple stages in 2019.
MANISHA MOHAN
13th and 15th May
Manisha is a writer, performer and an emerging artist at the Roundhouse. She also likes to run half marathons.
CERISE REI
12th and 14th May
Cerise Rei is trained dancer with the occasional twist of neo burlesque. An absolute firecracker, she always aims to leave you, the audience, wanting more.
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TOR VICKERS
13th and 15th May
Tor Vickers is a poet from the border of East London and Essex. Her work explores and interrogates mixed race identity, womanhood & belonging.
