Colette Sadler's work mixes the human and the inanimate, from
objects in the solo dDumY - another myself (2006) and
dolls and prosthetic limbs in the group piece The Making of
Doubt (2008), to props and the theatre apparatus in
Musical (2009),
Her work revolves around the question: Is it possible to extend
the notion of agency beyond the human?
In her new creation, gestures linger on the threshold of
language, they flirt with objecthood and deadliness. I Not
I ventures into the familiar unfamiliar that manifests itself
in the chaos of gesturing the inanimate.
I Not I creates hybrids: animal, machine, object, and
mineral. It pushes the performers into the experience of being
outside one's body, of living it as a foreign entity. Limbs and
gestures cut loose gain a life and truth of their own, moving into
the realm of uninhabited forms and meanings.
Space: Traverse One
Traverse Theatre Club: £3 off
www.colettesadler.com
Stammer Productions