Jack Paterson Theatre

“This is the magic of theatre” – Jerry Wasserman, The Province

MEDUSA
Presented by Fusion Theatre Company & Global Hive Laboratories 
Pleasance Theatre Downstairs
Carpenters Mews, North Road, London, N7 9EF
November 11, 2019 – Nov. 15, 2019, 8pm
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“An arresting vision… made with absolute agency.”
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“Accessibility at the heart of a multi-cultural, multi-lingual Medusa”
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Medusa…
For generations, she has been depicted as a god, a mortal, an erotic power capable of unravelling men, a fearsome image to ward off evil, and a dangerous monster to be destroyed. With feminist ideals at the forefront of our culture, she is again a power player, arresting us in her gaze.
Medusa celebrates the intersectional feminist revitalisation of western mythology, the integration of accessibility design into the generative process, and the way social location affects participation in and interpretation of artistic experiences.
Medusa is a multidisciplinary performance devised by an international ensemble of artists over one year, in four countries.
The show features live music, dance, spoken word, multimedia and visual art, audiences will encounter Medusa’s journey, physical transformation, and isolation through all 5 senses.

ACCESS DESIGN

Help us create accessible and inclusive theatre worldwide!

Access Design
The Global Hive Laboratories collective integrates access design into the devising process from Day One. This includes thinking intentionally about how what we share can be experienced by different kinds people, and how to develop Accessible content that is present in every performance of a piece, rather than specifically assigned dates for those who would seek out those services.

All performances will offer:
• Open Captioning 
• Audio Description 
• Touch Tour

Help us create accessible and inclusive theatre!
We are passionate about breaking down as many barriers as possible when it comes to accessing professional art. Over the period, we have refined our model of inclusive theatre, Integrating design and sevices for audience members with disabilities into the creation and rehearsal process. This means that we offer Relaxed Performances with Audio Description, Touch Tours and Captioning services at every show; more ‘traditional’ theatre experiences generally provide these services once or twice in a theatre run and are not often aesthetically or dramatically integrated into the production.

We endeavour to create anti-exclusionary devised theatre through skill sharing, crowdsourced technology, and administrative crossover on a global scale. We create accessible artistic conversations about the issues in our communities and increase awareness of underlying connections and associations between groups who may otherwise not have engaged with one another.

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