This collaboration between Take me Somewhere (Glasgow) and Festival Actoral (Marseille) includes a Scottish focus on radical performance within Festival Actoral in Autumn 2024 centring approaches to sustainability, equity, diversity inclusion and accessibility. It will increase both organisations’ understanding of French/Scottish showcasing and provide residency opportunities to build lasting relationships between French and Scottish live art practitioners whose identity reflects or whose practice responds to issues of environmental justice, decolonisation, queer/trans politics/lived reality/disability.
A series of three performances will take place at Actoral Festival as a result of this partnership.
through warm temperatures
Mele Broomes
2 October at 8PM and 3 October at 9PM, Friche la Belle de Mai I GMEM
Through progressions of vocal exercises accompanied by melodies and live choreographies, this performance for a dancer and a cello pays tribute to a series of conversations the artist had with living archives.
The Making of Pinocchio
Rosana Cade et Ivor MacAskill
4 October et 9PM and 5 October at 6PM, Friche La Belle de mai Theatre
Venturing into the scarcely explored territory of queer affection for the theatre, the duo Cade & MacAskill draws from Collodi's tale to explore gender transition and its impact on the couple.
Miss Plastica & guests
Lithuania-Scotland Cabaret evening
5 October 2024 at 10PM, Friche La Belle de Mai I Seita
The evening will be hosted by Miss Plastica, the drag queen alter ego and research subject of Lithuanian multidisciplinary artist Povilas Bastys for several years, accompanied by Shawn Nayar, Mamoru Iriguchi, and Craig Manson (Scotland).
In November; Take Me Somewhere will also welcome Marseille based artist Némo Flouret to connect with Scottish artists and utilise our residency space Studio Somewhere, as part of the development of his new project.
This project is one of the laureates of the UK/France Spotlight on Culture Fund for Scotland and Northern Ireland delivered by the British Council in partnership with Creative Scotland.
