Installation in picture by Patricia Brien, Spent, Nuclear Crone, Magnoxia (2022)
Waiting fills so much of our lives. We might be waiting for a performance to begin; or waiting for test results and diagnoses; sometimes we are waiting to perform, or simply waiting to be seen. By joining this performance installation you will be stepping into a waiting room, entering a busy medical ward, and walking onto a stage surrounded by multiple screens.
As the curtains are drawn around us, you will be invited to become part of an unfolding action or may choose to participate as an active spectator. We look forward to welcoming you!
The Waiting Room is a site-specific performance and a playful exploration of public space. Through the experience of waiting it asks, ‘When does performance become infectious, and what is the likelihood of it being transmitted to future performers?’ It uses playful intervention and movement to examine the connections and differences between performance and medicine in the everyday.
The production is particularly interested in what each of us brings to the waiting room. Relatedly, it thinks about the best way of caring for the carers who run our medical spaces.
During the performance, audience members will take – and perform – a lateral flow test. This will be provided by the organisers.
Produced and directed by Annja Neumann
Dramaturgical adviser: Uta Baldauf
Performers/dancers: Brenda Waite, Sally Dean, Rebecca MacMillan
Supported by the SVA, Atelier Stroud and Cambridge Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge
Tickets: Pay-as-you-can : £3, £5 or £8
If you would like to pay less or more, please email office@sva.org.uk to book a ticket and to pay on the door.
Please note : due to the heat, the 4pm performance on 19th July has been changed to Thursday 21st July at 1pm.
7pm 19 July 2022
1pm 21st July 2022
Duration: approx. 40 mins
Age: 12+
Numbers are limited, booking essential.
10 audience members admitted for each performance.
