Rat, Rose, Bird - T1239837802Rat, Rose, Bird explores empire, colonialism, mortality and love. Subtly mashing up cultures, curios, objects and ideas, the piece is a poetic meditation on farewells, departures, long journeys and "the hunt" - for a better life, a better love, a place to drop anchor or a space to claim ("finally!") as one's own. Inhabiting the work as a kind of hostess/magician, Sheila reveals, explodes and mixes together a range of ingredients including champagne, rats, roses and birds in order to re-enact a set of memories, remembrances, exits and endings - over and over again. Perhaps there's something to be learnt by invoking the past? Or perhaps it's nothing more than a series of repetitions? | |
| 25 Apr 13 | Chelsea Theatre, Inner London :: V179 listing details L702701741 |
Intermission - T0855047520At a time when freedom of expression is being swept under the carpet, Intermission leads a dirty war on things we should get straight. Propaganda, indignation and blasphemy all play their part in this new purge as Pacitti Company deals out false starts, dead ends and a conviction so crushing it could bring down the house. | |
| 22 Apr 09 to 24 Apr 09 | Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035 listing details L0906365061 |
White Squal - T625198350White chalk, white board, white paper, white pants, white socks, white boxers, white collar, white lie, white gown, white suit, white wedding, white wine, white milk, white bread, white flour, white sugar, white snow, white space, white wall, white paint, white line, white wand, white witch, white light, white rabbit, white dove, white whale, white sea, white noise, white heat, white ash, white land, white hair, white hands, white skin, white flag.... white flag.... white flag.... white squall In White Squall Sheila Ghelani investigates 'whiteness' - as a colour, 'idea', cultural signifier, surface, veneer and ultimate symbol of horror. What if the whiteness isn't to be trusted? What if it isn't as pure and innocent as it at first seems? What if the whiteness has a secret that should never have been shared, but carefully folded, neatly ironed, and placed in a drawer at the back? Perhaps you would be wise to keep away... Perhaps you would be wise to keep a watchful eye on those soft white clouds. That white capped sea. That sleek white bird circling over-head. Batten down your hatches people, there's some bad weather ahead, some very, very bad weather... White Squall is the second result of a series of inquiries Sheila is currently carrying out into mixing, crossings, blood, skins, skinning, carefully controlled experiments, well-oiled machinery, colour, genetics, joining and love. | |
| 13 Mar 07 to 14 Mar 07 | Chelsea Theatre, Inner London :: V179 listing details L01169094290 |
| 17 Oct 06 to 20 Oct 06 | Chelsea Theatre, Inner London :: V179 listing details L2018966496 |
