Handbag

The Big Feast 2021 
Bethesda Gardens, Hanley
Stoke on Trent 
Saturday 28/08/21 

Geraldine Pilgrim's celebratory, participatory performance with music, dancing, and handbags.​
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Photograph by Geraldine Pilgrim
Two in the Hand 

Part of Christmas at Stourhead
Friday 26 November 2021 through
Sunday 2 January 2022

More Details Soon
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Photograph Jimmy Lees
​Handbag at Home 
Ongoing

Geraldine Pilrgrim website & Mountview website
Free

Geraldine Pilgrim Performance Company and Mountview London present Handbag at Home
A celebratory, online participatory performance with wonderful music, dancing and handbags.

Watch at www.geraldinepilgrim.com and www.mountview.org.uk.
In different rooms, remnants of parties the night before are cleared away.

A woman sits in her bedroom dreaming, as she gets up a beat begins, and the sound of a classic dance track fills the air. She puts down her handbag and begins to dance…
Geraldine Pilgrim’s Handbag was originally commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre in 2008 for their Grand Hall, and, since then Handbag has been re-imagined for every space – inside and out – where it is performed; including theatres, galleries, parks, festivals, village halls, streets, and a women’s prison in France.

With theatres and community centres now closed, Geraldine Pilgrim Performance Company and Mountview London present Handbag at Home, a performance maintaining the joy of Handbag but now online; with over fifty women dancing round their handbags at home to ‘Let’s Dance’ by David Bowie.
Whilst the men clear up the remains of parties the night before, the empty rooms of the women fill with wonderful music, dancing and handbags.
Handbag at Home premiered for free from 7pm on Monday June 29 at
 www.geraldinepilgrim.com and www.mountview.org.uk.
Geraldine is Artistic Director of Geraldine Pilgrim Performance Company and is known for her evocative installations and site-specific performances which she has been making for over twenty years. Geraldine created and leads the MA in Site-Specific Theatre Practice at Mountview, provided in partnership with Shoreditch Town Hall. The course is the first of its kind in the UK and gives students access to highly specialised training across all elements of site specific practice.
Mountview has been training performance artists since 1945 and in 1992 became the first provider of specialised musical theatre training in Europe. Vocational undergraduate courses include Acting, Musical Theatre, Actor Musician Scenic Art and Prop Making, Lighting, Sound and Stage Management. Postgraduate training includes Theatre Directing, Musical Direction, Creative Producing, Site Specific Theatre Practice, Theatre for Community and Education, Acting and Musical Theatre.
Handbag at Home premiering for free from 7pm on Monday June 29 at
 www.geraldinepilgrim.com and www.mountview.org.uk.
​Keep your eye on this page, as we will be posting information concerning a number of projects to take place in during 2020. We anticipate announcements concerning new runs of Handbag, including in the digital realm, along with workshops, and mentoring sessions. Additionally, information is now available be for the 2021 MA in Site-Specific Theatre Practice at Mountview, designed and run by Geraldine Pilgrim. 

For a look back at some of Geraldine's recent work, you can visit the News section. For earlier work, please stop by the Projects page. 

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