oh heroine how i love you!
Join Cathy Earnshaw in her world from Emily Brontë’s classic tale Wuthering Heights, and be taken by her on a journey that goes beyond the confines of her book. Whether from the many film adaptations, or Kate Bush’s singular song, Cathy and Heathcliff are infamous characters. But do we ever consider the effect they have on those who learn their story?
Oh Heroine How I Love You! transports you into the book and onto the Moors, to voyage with Cathy in this interactive one-woman show. A ghostly character, Cathy’s grasp of her reality is fraught, and as she catapults between worlds the audience is taken along for the ride. You feel as if you are reading a book that has come to life around you and in being immersed in her world are called upon to assist this character who is lost in her own adaptations. In learning who Cathy is, we learn who Emily Brontë is, and unlock this enigmatic author with questions about feminist agency and the ownership one has to tell their own story.
Oh Heroine How I Love You! is a site-specific performance created for community library spaces by Callie Nestleroth and Sara Page. The project was originally developed in partnership with Camden Libraries with the additional support of Unity Theatre Trust and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. The production toured in 2019 to Jefferson Market Library, NYC.
Stay tuned later this year for details of upcoming 2020/2021 UK tour!
https://howlround.com/making-theatre-non-traditional-venues
https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/UK-Based-Theatre-Company-Brings-Immersive-Site-specific-Theatrical-Event-OH-HEROINE-HOW-I-LOVE-YOU-To-NYC-20190820
Sara Page performs as Cathy and Emily Brontë in Oh Heroine! as well as being the music composer on the project. Sound design by Amy Collins.
social media suicide
@IzzyBaby1991: You’re invited to a very special birthday party. One I promise you won't forget! #27Club #SocialMediaSuicide
Social Media Suicide is a darkly comic one-woman-show about the lengths a girl will go for online fame. SMS explores the legacy of the infamous '27 Club' alongside the millennial struggle with social media addiction through the perspective of Izzy, a young woman desperate for social media validation. Combining technological and interactive elements, SMS asks what it means to have an online version of yourself, and how this curated identity interacts with your real-life identity. The audience are invited to follow Izzy’s story on Instagram before, during and after the live show, resulting in a unique digital theatre experience.
...Oh and there'll be cake!
Social Media Suicide was originally developed for the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by Clare McCall and Callie Nestleroth, and is now being performed in schools & colleges alongside facilitated workshops as well as being adapted into a short film.
heroines in limbo
Research and Development of Heroines in Limbo at Sedgehill School
Ever notice how all the women die in those famous texts? And for the weirdest reasons. Handkerchief envy, deus ex machina, starving to death to spite an ex…?
Three actresses meet in a waiting room, preparing to audition for major roles in a new play about famous literary heroines.
As they wait, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Who is the mysterious Playwright that they’ve heard of but never see? Where does the assistant disappear to? And, most importantly, why can’t any of these women remember how they got to the audition in the first place?
Forgotten in the literary world, and of course, killed once they had served their purpose, each women now finally has a chance to speak.
Are these women genuine? Or are they merely symbols like their authors suggested?
Are they a means to an end, or can these actresses reconstruct their identities?
Written by Nikki Acquah and directed by Callie Nestleroth, Heroines in Limbo is a satirical show that challenges what it means to be a heroine, and whether or not we can (or should) reconstruct the narratives of fictional heroines.
Heroines in Limbo was recipient of the 2019 Progression Residency in collaboration with The Tramshed and Sedgehill School. The project is currently being developed for its premiere at the 2021 International Youth Arts Festival.
dreaming real
Currently in development, Dreaming Real is a new ensemble performance created by Callie Nestleroth and Australian Dramaturg Alice Fitzgerald.