DIARY DATES PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE WILL BE INCLUDED WHEN LOUISE CAN PULL HER FINGER OUT. This diary was last updated 2013 - half-heartedly even then!
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NEW SOLO WORK: Friday 24th May 2013
See the early stages of a new solo piece, 'In Dreams', at the launch of Last Fridays, 24th May, 7:45pm, at the Visual Collective studio, 10 Vyner Street, Bethnal Green.
IN DREAMS
Louise can't make this performance. She's lost her notepad of ideas. She's lost her costume. She's lost her mentor. She's lost her necessary villain. She's lost her confidence. She's lost her sense of humour. She's lost her sense of perspective. She's lost her patience with the 'meta'. She's lost her desire to perform.
But Louise must nevertheless purge herself of this performance before she can rest. The time has come for Louise to head into battle with this performance and perhaps form an uneasy alliance with it before she conquers it, or it conquers her.
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IN DREAMS
Louise can't make this performance. She's lost her notepad of ideas. She's lost her costume. She's lost her mentor. She's lost her necessary villain. She's lost her confidence. She's lost her sense of humour. She's lost her sense of perspective. She's lost her patience with the 'meta'. She's lost her desire to perform.
But Louise must nevertheless purge herself of this performance before she can rest. The time has come for Louise to head into battle with this performance and perhaps form an uneasy alliance with it before she conquers it, or it conquers her.
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From 2011 Louise Mothersole focused her energies on her work with Sh!t Theatre and her career as a sound & lighting technician, production assistant and programme assistant. [Click the Sh!t Theatre tab for more info and the dates of upcoming Sh!t Theatre performances!]
In 2013 she will continue her work with Sh!t Theatre etc. but also plans to quietly mull over more solo projects.
Various Sundays Louise will be performing with one of her Long-form improv team, Pilots, at the Wilmington Arms in Farringdon. 7:30pm (£4)
CURRENTLY: Louise is busy with Sh!t Theatre's full-time Arts Council funded performance project Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous). Sh!t Theatre are performing regularly around London and the UK. Sh!t Theatre have also teamed up with Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church to write and devise a new play 'Burger Van'. Louise is also training with new all-female Long-form Improv team, The Alphabetties, and working on various projects that bubble up.
In 2013 she will continue her work with Sh!t Theatre etc. but also plans to quietly mull over more solo projects.
Various Sundays Louise will be performing with one of her Long-form improv team, Pilots, at the Wilmington Arms in Farringdon. 7:30pm (£4)
CURRENTLY: Louise is busy with Sh!t Theatre's full-time Arts Council funded performance project Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous). Sh!t Theatre are performing regularly around London and the UK. Sh!t Theatre have also teamed up with Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church to write and devise a new play 'Burger Van'. Louise is also training with new all-female Long-form Improv team, The Alphabetties, and working on various projects that bubble up.
Confirmed dates for 2013
9th-10th November, Louise, Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church continue their residency at The Pleasance with Burger Van.
19th October, Louise, Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church have their first day of residency at The Pleasance with Burger Van.
7th October, Louise is performing improv with the Alphabetties as part of 'Upshot Comedy' at The Priory Arms in Stockwell.
3rd, 5th-6th October, Louise is teching 3 performances by The Quest (The Haunting, Fathers and Feathers by Paul Woodward, and Killing my Mother by Ade Adeniji) in The Pinter, Queen Mary University of London.
4th October, Louise is recording and editing her song 'This Lemon' for Lois Weaver/Tammy Whynot's performance on fear and ageing (premiering in 'Extravagant Bodies: Extravagant Age' at KONTEJNER — Bureau for Contemporary Art Praxis in Zagreb, Croatia).
23rd-30th September, Louise is composing a song on commission for Lois Weaver/Tammy Whynot's performance on fear and ageing.
26th-29th September, Louise is in Hamburg reviewing the Reeperbahn Festival and the local musical culture for Loose Lips. Loose Lips review here.
22nd September, Louise is working at the Intergeneration Tea Dance in the People's Palace at Queen Mary University of London.
LOUISE IS PERFORMING IN NEW YORK AND EDINBURGH WITH SH!T THEATRE [See Sh!t Theatre website]
27th June-5th July, Louise is rehearsing for and performing in Tricity Vogue's Heels of Glory, an action drag musical.
19th-24th June, Louise is the technical manager and primary technical operator for Phakama's Spotlight Festival at Queen Mary University of London.
27th May-8th June, Louise, Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church have a residency at the Battersea Arts Centre to further develop their new play, 'Burger Van'.
24th & 25th May, Louise's unique arrangement and recording of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' (with a twist!) will feature in the premiere of Stacy Makishi's 'Falsettos', 7:30pm at the Chelsea Theatre as part of the SACRED Season.
24th May, Louise is performing a new solo work alongside Daniel Oliver and Sara Zaltash at the Last Fridays Launch at The Visual Collective, Vyner Street, Bethnal Green.
17th May, Louise and Rebecca Biscuit are performing as backing dancers for Tricity Vogue's entry in London Wonderground's Alternative Eurovision at the Southbank Centre. Alongside other cabaret artists: Jonny Woo, Des O'Connor,Sarah-Louise Young, Alp Hadar, Bryony Kimmings, Ria Lina and the Original Street Dancers. Event in Time out.
11th & 12th May, Louise is teching Rachel Mars' 'The Way You Tell Them' at The Basement Brighton.
6th May, Louise is recording her own arrangement of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' (with a twist!) for use in Stacy Makishi's 'Falsettos' which will premiere on 24th & 25th May as part of the SACRED Season at the Chelsea Theatre.
18th April, Louise is playing with the new all-female long-form improv team, The Alphabetties, in their premiere performance as part of Upshot Improv at the Priory Arms.
8th April, Louise is teching Wolf Pack at Chisenhale Dance Space.
4th & 5th April, Louise is working on Peggy Shaw's 'Ruff' as part of the SACRED Season at the Chelsea Theatre.
23rd March, Louise is performing with Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church in their new play 'Burger Van' as part of the SPRINT Festival at Camden People's Theatre.
11th-13th March, Louise is teching a play by the Russian Society in Arts 2 studio at Queen Mary University of London.
1st March, Louise is teching Brian Lobel's 'Purge' and 'Ruach' at the Camden People's Theatre.
17th-24th February, Louise is working on Peopling the Palace at Queen Mary University of London, featuring work by artists such as Simon Vincenzi, Geraldine Pilgrim, 2Boys TV and Bloolips and an intergenerational teadance hosted by Ragroof Theatre.
3rd February, Louise is an assistant stage manager for 'Silver Action' by artist Suzanne Lacy at the TATE Modern.
26th January, Louise is teching a 30 minute version of Rachel Mars' show 'The Way You Tell Them' at the BFI.
17th January, Louise is teching at the Camden People's Theatre.
9th-25th January, Louise is the lighting designer and theatre technician for Rachel Mars' 'The Way You Tell Them - A new show about comedy' at the Camden People's Theatre.
8th January, Louise is leading a workshop for 3rd year Performance Composition students at Queen Mary University of London along with three other artists/practitioners.
19th October, Louise, Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church have their first day of residency at The Pleasance with Burger Van.
7th October, Louise is performing improv with the Alphabetties as part of 'Upshot Comedy' at The Priory Arms in Stockwell.
3rd, 5th-6th October, Louise is teching 3 performances by The Quest (The Haunting, Fathers and Feathers by Paul Woodward, and Killing my Mother by Ade Adeniji) in The Pinter, Queen Mary University of London.
4th October, Louise is recording and editing her song 'This Lemon' for Lois Weaver/Tammy Whynot's performance on fear and ageing (premiering in 'Extravagant Bodies: Extravagant Age' at KONTEJNER — Bureau for Contemporary Art Praxis in Zagreb, Croatia).
23rd-30th September, Louise is composing a song on commission for Lois Weaver/Tammy Whynot's performance on fear and ageing.
26th-29th September, Louise is in Hamburg reviewing the Reeperbahn Festival and the local musical culture for Loose Lips. Loose Lips review here.
22nd September, Louise is working at the Intergeneration Tea Dance in the People's Palace at Queen Mary University of London.
LOUISE IS PERFORMING IN NEW YORK AND EDINBURGH WITH SH!T THEATRE [See Sh!t Theatre website]
27th June-5th July, Louise is rehearsing for and performing in Tricity Vogue's Heels of Glory, an action drag musical.
19th-24th June, Louise is the technical manager and primary technical operator for Phakama's Spotlight Festival at Queen Mary University of London.
27th May-8th June, Louise, Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church have a residency at the Battersea Arts Centre to further develop their new play, 'Burger Van'.
24th & 25th May, Louise's unique arrangement and recording of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' (with a twist!) will feature in the premiere of Stacy Makishi's 'Falsettos', 7:30pm at the Chelsea Theatre as part of the SACRED Season.
24th May, Louise is performing a new solo work alongside Daniel Oliver and Sara Zaltash at the Last Fridays Launch at The Visual Collective, Vyner Street, Bethnal Green.
17th May, Louise and Rebecca Biscuit are performing as backing dancers for Tricity Vogue's entry in London Wonderground's Alternative Eurovision at the Southbank Centre. Alongside other cabaret artists: Jonny Woo, Des O'Connor,Sarah-Louise Young, Alp Hadar, Bryony Kimmings, Ria Lina and the Original Street Dancers. Event in Time out.
11th & 12th May, Louise is teching Rachel Mars' 'The Way You Tell Them' at The Basement Brighton.
6th May, Louise is recording her own arrangement of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater' (with a twist!) for use in Stacy Makishi's 'Falsettos' which will premiere on 24th & 25th May as part of the SACRED Season at the Chelsea Theatre.
18th April, Louise is playing with the new all-female long-form improv team, The Alphabetties, in their premiere performance as part of Upshot Improv at the Priory Arms.
8th April, Louise is teching Wolf Pack at Chisenhale Dance Space.
4th & 5th April, Louise is working on Peggy Shaw's 'Ruff' as part of the SACRED Season at the Chelsea Theatre.
23rd March, Louise is performing with Rebecca Biscuit, Tim Hopkins and Lewis Church in their new play 'Burger Van' as part of the SPRINT Festival at Camden People's Theatre.
11th-13th March, Louise is teching a play by the Russian Society in Arts 2 studio at Queen Mary University of London.
1st March, Louise is teching Brian Lobel's 'Purge' and 'Ruach' at the Camden People's Theatre.
17th-24th February, Louise is working on Peopling the Palace at Queen Mary University of London, featuring work by artists such as Simon Vincenzi, Geraldine Pilgrim, 2Boys TV and Bloolips and an intergenerational teadance hosted by Ragroof Theatre.
3rd February, Louise is an assistant stage manager for 'Silver Action' by artist Suzanne Lacy at the TATE Modern.
26th January, Louise is teching a 30 minute version of Rachel Mars' show 'The Way You Tell Them' at the BFI.
17th January, Louise is teching at the Camden People's Theatre.
9th-25th January, Louise is the lighting designer and theatre technician for Rachel Mars' 'The Way You Tell Them - A new show about comedy' at the Camden People's Theatre.
8th January, Louise is leading a workshop for 3rd year Performance Composition students at Queen Mary University of London along with three other artists/practitioners.
Confirmed dates for 2012
14th January, Louise is teching a performative lecture by Every House Has A Door at the Chelsea Theatre.
11th, 22nd-25th February, Louise is the performance assistant for Bobby Baker’s ‘Mad Gyms and Kitchens’ at the Warwick Arts Centre.
27th February-2nd March, Louise is on tour again with Bobby Baker and 'Mad Gyms and Kitchens'. This time to Wolverhampton, Walsall and West Bromwich.
14th March, Louise is teching at Chisenhale Dance Space.
16th March, Louise is working at 'Squidz Club' for Heart n Soul at the Albany Theatre.
21st March, Louise is teching and doing A/V for (Professor) Lois Weaver's Inaugural Lecture, 'What Tammy Found Out, a front line report from the back porch, the schoolyard and the dinner table'' at Queen Mary University of London.
24th March, Louise is co-performing with Stacy Makishi in 'A knock. A blindfold. An experience' for Cruising For Art at the BFI.
5th April, Louise is performing a Long-form Improv show with The Wilmops house team, HMS OMG, at the Balham Bowls Club, 8pm.
10th, 17th & 24th April, 8pm, Louise is performing with her long-form improv team, Problem Child, at the 7 Dials Club in Covent Garden.
17th(ish) April-12th May, Louise is the Technical Manager for Amy Lamé’s one-woman-show, 'Unhappy Birthday', at the Camden People’s Theatre.
22nd April, Louise is performing as part of the UK no.1 Country & Western Trimprov group with Matt Thomas and Rebecca Biscuit at the Wilmington Arms in Farringdon.
15th May, Louise is performing some trimprov with Juliet Stephens and Rebecca Biscuit at the 7 Dials Club in Covent Garden.
19th May, Louise is teching 'Work Songs' by Dangerologists at Chisenhale Dance Space.
14th-20th May, Louise is performing in a new version of Julia Bardsley’s ‘meta_Family’ as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival. [Unfortunately this has been cancelled/postponed due to venue politics]
3rd June, Louise is performing 'Tourist Information WANTED' with Lois Weaver, Stacy Makishi, Claire Nolan and Jo Palmer in Battersea Park for something to do with some queen and a jubilee.
7th June, Louise and Lewis Church's short film, 'PERFORMANCE ART - As You've Seen It Before', will be screened at Press Play House's first ever First Thursday Film Festival.
16th-30th June, Louise is the Technical Manager of the two-week festival Velela! organised by Phakama. The festival is taking place in various spaces in Arts 1, Arts 2 and the grounds of Queen Mary University of London and involves voices, talents, expertise and contributions from 100 young artists from around the world.
6th July-4th August, Louise is a Production Assistant/Artist Assistant for Rio Occupation, London.
27th July-1st August, Louise is operating follow-spot for Theater Tol in Victoria Park.
1st-3rd August, Louise is performing 'Where the Horizon Moves', a collaboration with Brazilian artist Gustavo Ciríaco, as part of Rio Occupation London. The performance is taking place at V22, The Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey.
13th-26th August, Louise -alongside performing 'Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)' - is performing every day in 'The Wilmops Good Improv Show', and 'Fluffers' the improvised puppet show. She and Rebecca Biscuit are also performing as Sh!t O'Shea (a collaboration between Sh!t Theatre and Phil O'Shea), and in Tricity Vogue's 'Ukulele Cabaret', the 'Saturday Night Debates' with comedians such as Danielle Ward, Nish Kumar, Kate Smurthwaite and Ben Target, and are performing and on the panel of 'Crunch the News' with Josie Long and Sir Ian Bowler MP. Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh.
28th August, Louise is performing in Bird la Bird's 'The People's Pussy' at the Wotever Sex Hot Festival, the RVT.
2nd August, Louise is back to performing with The Wilmops in London in the first event after the Edinburgh Festival, 'Impro Jam'.
5th, 6th and 9th August, Louise is performing in Bobby Baker's 'Mad Gymns and Kitchens' at the Southbank Centre.
28th September, Louise is working on EU Researchers Night and East End's Got Talent at Queen Mary University of London.
29th September, Louise is helping orientate the audience of Stacy Makishi's And The Stars Down So Close at New Unity chapel, Upper Street, Islington.
5th October, Louise did an impromtu performance at a night run by Stacy Makishi at New Unity chapel, Upper Street, Islington. Louise's performance included tea-lights and her singing an a cappella version of a recitative from St. Matthew's Passion whilst writing a couple of lines from a love poem she has composed in Latin on the floor in her own menstrual blood.
5th November, Louise wrote a review of Michael Haneke's Amour for Loose Lips Hot Gossip: Loose Lips Amour Review .
29th November, Louise - commissioned by Phakama - ran a 3-hour technical workshop on theatre lighting for young people aged 16-25.
1st December, Louise performed alongside Rich Fulcher in a film sketch devised by Gareth Morinan based on the idea of a Reality TV School.
3rd December, Louise covered the red carpet of the Life of Pi premiere where she spoke to Ang Lee, Suraj Sharma and Rafe Spall for Loose Lips Hot Gossip.
7th December, Louise will be performing at 'Freshly Scratched' at the BAC (Battersea Arts Centre). A first scratch of the Sh!t Theatre/Tim Hopkins collaboration Burger Van, a play written by Tim Hopkins, Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit and starring Tim Hopkins, Louise Mothersole, Rebecca Biscuit, Norman Murray and some meat-puppets.
11th, 22nd-25th February, Louise is the performance assistant for Bobby Baker’s ‘Mad Gyms and Kitchens’ at the Warwick Arts Centre.
27th February-2nd March, Louise is on tour again with Bobby Baker and 'Mad Gyms and Kitchens'. This time to Wolverhampton, Walsall and West Bromwich.
14th March, Louise is teching at Chisenhale Dance Space.
16th March, Louise is working at 'Squidz Club' for Heart n Soul at the Albany Theatre.
21st March, Louise is teching and doing A/V for (Professor) Lois Weaver's Inaugural Lecture, 'What Tammy Found Out, a front line report from the back porch, the schoolyard and the dinner table'' at Queen Mary University of London.
24th March, Louise is co-performing with Stacy Makishi in 'A knock. A blindfold. An experience' for Cruising For Art at the BFI.
5th April, Louise is performing a Long-form Improv show with The Wilmops house team, HMS OMG, at the Balham Bowls Club, 8pm.
10th, 17th & 24th April, 8pm, Louise is performing with her long-form improv team, Problem Child, at the 7 Dials Club in Covent Garden.
17th(ish) April-12th May, Louise is the Technical Manager for Amy Lamé’s one-woman-show, 'Unhappy Birthday', at the Camden People’s Theatre.
22nd April, Louise is performing as part of the UK no.1 Country & Western Trimprov group with Matt Thomas and Rebecca Biscuit at the Wilmington Arms in Farringdon.
15th May, Louise is performing some trimprov with Juliet Stephens and Rebecca Biscuit at the 7 Dials Club in Covent Garden.
19th May, Louise is teching 'Work Songs' by Dangerologists at Chisenhale Dance Space.
14th-20th May, Louise is performing in a new version of Julia Bardsley’s ‘meta_Family’ as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival. [Unfortunately this has been cancelled/postponed due to venue politics]
3rd June, Louise is performing 'Tourist Information WANTED' with Lois Weaver, Stacy Makishi, Claire Nolan and Jo Palmer in Battersea Park for something to do with some queen and a jubilee.
7th June, Louise and Lewis Church's short film, 'PERFORMANCE ART - As You've Seen It Before', will be screened at Press Play House's first ever First Thursday Film Festival.
16th-30th June, Louise is the Technical Manager of the two-week festival Velela! organised by Phakama. The festival is taking place in various spaces in Arts 1, Arts 2 and the grounds of Queen Mary University of London and involves voices, talents, expertise and contributions from 100 young artists from around the world.
6th July-4th August, Louise is a Production Assistant/Artist Assistant for Rio Occupation, London.
27th July-1st August, Louise is operating follow-spot for Theater Tol in Victoria Park.
1st-3rd August, Louise is performing 'Where the Horizon Moves', a collaboration with Brazilian artist Gustavo Ciríaco, as part of Rio Occupation London. The performance is taking place at V22, The Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey.
13th-26th August, Louise -alongside performing 'Sh!t Theatre's JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous)' - is performing every day in 'The Wilmops Good Improv Show', and 'Fluffers' the improvised puppet show. She and Rebecca Biscuit are also performing as Sh!t O'Shea (a collaboration between Sh!t Theatre and Phil O'Shea), and in Tricity Vogue's 'Ukulele Cabaret', the 'Saturday Night Debates' with comedians such as Danielle Ward, Nish Kumar, Kate Smurthwaite and Ben Target, and are performing and on the panel of 'Crunch the News' with Josie Long and Sir Ian Bowler MP. Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh.
28th August, Louise is performing in Bird la Bird's 'The People's Pussy' at the Wotever Sex Hot Festival, the RVT.
2nd August, Louise is back to performing with The Wilmops in London in the first event after the Edinburgh Festival, 'Impro Jam'.
5th, 6th and 9th August, Louise is performing in Bobby Baker's 'Mad Gymns and Kitchens' at the Southbank Centre.
28th September, Louise is working on EU Researchers Night and East End's Got Talent at Queen Mary University of London.
29th September, Louise is helping orientate the audience of Stacy Makishi's And The Stars Down So Close at New Unity chapel, Upper Street, Islington.
5th October, Louise did an impromtu performance at a night run by Stacy Makishi at New Unity chapel, Upper Street, Islington. Louise's performance included tea-lights and her singing an a cappella version of a recitative from St. Matthew's Passion whilst writing a couple of lines from a love poem she has composed in Latin on the floor in her own menstrual blood.
5th November, Louise wrote a review of Michael Haneke's Amour for Loose Lips Hot Gossip: Loose Lips Amour Review .
29th November, Louise - commissioned by Phakama - ran a 3-hour technical workshop on theatre lighting for young people aged 16-25.
1st December, Louise performed alongside Rich Fulcher in a film sketch devised by Gareth Morinan based on the idea of a Reality TV School.
3rd December, Louise covered the red carpet of the Life of Pi premiere where she spoke to Ang Lee, Suraj Sharma and Rafe Spall for Loose Lips Hot Gossip.
7th December, Louise will be performing at 'Freshly Scratched' at the BAC (Battersea Arts Centre). A first scratch of the Sh!t Theatre/Tim Hopkins collaboration Burger Van, a play written by Tim Hopkins, Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit and starring Tim Hopkins, Louise Mothersole, Rebecca Biscuit, Norman Murray and some meat-puppets.
