HANDBAG (2008 - ongoing)
Handbag (2008- ongoing)
In an empty space, a caretaker sweeps away the remnants of a previous event. A woman enters and puts down her handbag. A beat begins, a mirror ball turns and the sound of a classic dance track fills the air…
Handbag is celebratory gem of a performance with great music, dancing and handbags made for ballrooms, civic halls and unusual spaces inside and out.
Commissioned originally for the Grand Hall at BAC in 2008 , Handbag has been re-imagined for Theatres, Parks, Festivals, Galleries, Streets ever since. In 2014 Handbag went international and was re-imagined for the Parc Thabor Rennes as part of the Les Tombées de la Nuit Festival and for Rennes Women’s Prison.
During Covid Handbag went online with women dancing round their Handbags in their Kitchens, Bedrooms, Gardens and Living Rooms - please see the Handbag at Home video on this website.
Handbag will continue to be performed for as long as possible and after a 3-year break there are plans to revive it in 2025. Watch this space
“A witty and wistful performance that, in a few delirious moments, succinctly makes the point that no woman needs a man when she has got her handbag in tow.”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
In an empty space, a caretaker sweeps away the remnants of a previous event. A woman enters and puts down her handbag. A beat begins, a mirror ball turns and the sound of a classic dance track fills the air…
Handbag is celebratory gem of a performance with great music, dancing and handbags made for ballrooms, civic halls and unusual spaces inside and out.
Commissioned originally for the Grand Hall at BAC in 2008 , Handbag has been re-imagined for Theatres, Parks, Festivals, Galleries, Streets ever since. In 2014 Handbag went international and was re-imagined for the Parc Thabor Rennes as part of the Les Tombées de la Nuit Festival and for Rennes Women’s Prison.
During Covid Handbag went online with women dancing round their Handbags in their Kitchens, Bedrooms, Gardens and Living Rooms - please see the Handbag at Home video on this website.
Handbag will continue to be performed for as long as possible and after a 3-year break there are plans to revive it in 2025. Watch this space
“A witty and wistful performance that, in a few delirious moments, succinctly makes the point that no woman needs a man when she has got her handbag in tow.”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian