OUT
OUT
by Ray Young
When: Friday 7 June
Time: 7.30 – 8.30pm
Where: Stables Theatre, The Bourne, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3BD
Ticket Price: £15/£10
An award-winning duet - a conversation between two bodies, which bravely carves out a new kind of space, reclaiming Dancehall and celebrating queerness amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges.
Defiantly challenging homophobia and transphobia across our communities, OUT is inspired by ongoing global struggles for LGBTQIA+ rights and a defiant challenge to the status quo.
Bravely embracing personal, political and cultural dissonance, this work smashes through our violent colonial histories to reimagine, reclaim and celebrate our delicious queer future.
“We’re vibing, shape-shifting in a bid for acceptance”
Winner of the 2017 South East Dance A Place to Dance Brighton Fringe Award and nominated for the 2017 Total Theatre & The Place Award for Dance.
“a powerfully eloquent danced dialogue… performed with both calm reserve and concentrated intensity” ★★★★ The Stage
Part of our co-curated ‘Black Joy!’ programme within Knotty, a festival of performance for the adventurous from 6 to 16 June 2024.
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Ray Young is a transdisciplinary performance artist, experience maker, and writer, widely recognized for their groundbreaking work at the forefront of activism, queerness, race, and neurodiversity. Their practice is centered around creating a safe space for those who exist at the intersection of multiple realities, through collaboration and resistance to traditional forms.
In recent years, Ray’s work has been focused on exploring and shedding light on notions of rest, care, and recovery in art, particularly as it pertains to the experiences of neurodivergent artists. Ray has been working towards creating a more holistic practice that draws together art, nature, and technology, as they seek to challenge traditional capitalist ideologies of production that prioritize speed and productivity over creativity, care, and wellness.
For 2024 Ray is bringing back OUT, an interdisciplinary performance that defiantly challenges homophobia and transphobia across our communities. OUT is a duet – a conversation between two bodies, inspired by ongoing global struggles for LGBTQIA+ rights. It is a defiant challenge to the status quo, bravely embracing personal, political and cultural dissonance.
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The performance references experiences of racism, transphobia and homophobia. The performance also contains sounds of people eating, partial nudity, haze, flashing lights and loud music. It also involves oranges and may not be suitable for those with certain allergies.
Recommended age guidance of 16 years plus.
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The Stables have seats are available in rows A and B for patrons with mobility, visual or hearing impairments and their assistants.
There are spaces for wheelchair users in row A, which can be accessed without any stairs. Wheelchair users are requested to book these seats via the Box Office on (01424) 423221 so they can best cater for any additional requirements.
Platform lifts, for a wheelchair user or one seated person, enable access to the first-floor bar. There is also wheelchair-accessible toilet on the ground floor.
A Gender-neutral toilet will be available.
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Creator & Director: Ray Young
Assistant Director: Esme Allman
Performers and Additional Devising: Azara Meghie & Bambi Phillips Jordan
Producer: Steph Be with Jenna Mason
Production Manager: Anna Smith
2024 Production Movement Director: Nandi Bhebhe
Movement Consultant: nussatari
Lighting Design: Nao Nagai
Set Design: Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
Sound Design: Naomi Jackson
Sound Engineer: Vincent Robinson
Costume Design: Mia Maxwell
Assistant Costume Designer: Kyara Chapman
Production Dramatherapist: Wabriya King
Casting Consultant: Ri McDaid-Wren
Access Assistants: Mable Cable & Francis Slip
Image: Glodi Miessi
Original Co-Creator and Performer: Dwayne Antony
2019-20 Performer and Additional Devising: marikiscrycrycry
Original Outside Eye: Joseph Mercier
Original Dramaturgical Support: Martin Hargreaves
Funders
The 2024 restaging of the work has been supported by Cambridge Junction, Sadler’s Wells and Arts Council England.
Previous iterations of the work have been supported by The Marlborough Theatre, The Yard Theatre, IBT, Leicester Curve, South East Dance and Greenwich University.
Marketing Credits
Content Manager: Francis Slip
Graphic Designer: Sam Thorne
Photographer: Glodi Miessi
Videographer: Ella Frost
Lighting by: Robbie White
Gaffer: Stefano Venturi
Photoshoot Costume Designer: Mia Maxwell
Photoshoot Assistant Costume Designer: Kyara Chapman
Photoshoot Make-Up Artist: Bilan Suliman
Photoshoot Studio: Kunstraum
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View the full Knotty 2024 Programme
