SAINT SOMEBODY (2020)
by Clara Potter-Sweet![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33ae86be5b67c32fa6d5378177d7ab85723ce436a06d67109750a61484827a8f/dance-dress.jpeg)
A new collaborative theatre piece about Joan of Arc and misrecording history, about mythic figures and teenage girls.
This documentation is from a WIP performance in 2019 & the show is currently in development with writer Eve Allin (CIVILISATION, Antler Theatre; Nettle Theatre).
In a room of funhouse mirrors, watched by her reflections, Joan of Arc dies over and over again - in a fire, in history books, in categorisation.
In myth she’s a teenager, a cross-dresser, a war hero, a heretic. In culture, she’s remade at the hands of whoever’s telling the story. We find a resonance between all these Joans: real, fictional, recorded, and lived, echoing across time.
Sit with us. Be patient. We’ll exhume the myths and dig up the stories to find what’s underneath. Joan is a maid, a teenager, a warrior, a martyr. Now, she’s a celebrity, a ghost. Stay with us. We’ll unearth the only written record of her words; now with many voices, Joan speaks.
In myth she’s a teenager, a cross-dresser, a war hero, a heretic. In culture, she’s remade at the hands of whoever’s telling the story. We find a resonance between all these Joans: real, fictional, recorded, and lived, echoing across time.
Sit with us. Be patient. We’ll exhume the myths and dig up the stories to find what’s underneath. Joan is a maid, a teenager, a warrior, a martyr. Now, she’s a celebrity, a ghost. Stay with us. We’ll unearth the only written record of her words; now with many voices, Joan speaks.
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INFO:
PRODUCER
Fran Cattaneo
R&D MADE WITH
Ang Kia Yee, Emma Clark,
Emily Davis, Joanna Pidcock
& Ciara Shrager
SUPPORTED BY
Arts Council England
PHOTOS
Joanna Pidcock
Fran Cattaneo
R&D MADE WITH
Ang Kia Yee, Emma Clark,
Emily Davis, Joanna Pidcock
& Ciara Shrager
SUPPORTED BY
Arts Council England
PHOTOS
Joanna Pidcock
DATES
(WIP) Calm Down Dear Festival,
Camden People’s Theatre, London / 5 June 2019
(WIP) Calm Down Dear Festival,
Camden People’s Theatre, London / 5 June 2019