You Should See The Other Guy Theatre
Directors : Emer Morris and Nina Scott. Video directed and edited by filmmaker Christina Hardinge
www.Christinahardinge.com
Directors : Emer Morris and Nina Scott. Video directed and edited by filmmaker Christina Hardinge
www.Christinahardinge.com
Photography by Tegid Cartwright
You Should See The Other Guy (YSSTOG) is an established publicly funded community company. We are an (LGBTQ+ led) womxn theatre collective steered by Nina Scott and Emer Morris; multidisciplinary artists and housing campaigners committed to communities affected by displacement, gentrification and social cleansing.
The founding members, Emer Mary Morris and Nina Scott, have backgrounds in theatre performance and large-scale site specific installations. CJ Hutchinson joined the team in 2015 bringing with her a wealth of experience of working with displaced individuals in large-scale touring community theatre productions. The company is made up of those who have had first-hand experiences of homelessness and long-standing integral campaigners for groups such as; Focus E15 and Radical Housing Network providing practical legal support to individuals who face relocation out of London and deportation.
DIY Theatre::DIY Resistance - We believe theatre can be vehicle for inspiration for community action. We aim to bring people out of isolation and develop collective celebratory practices, at the same time we create a platform for marginalised voices through our unique blend of theatre and activism. We focus on making a radically Inclusive creative space for women, where everyone has access to the tools for making art.
Belief - The company believes theatre has the power to transform. We believe potential for resistance can be created in a theatrical safe space where we can all take ownership and anyone can be an activist and/or an artist. Women bare the brunt of austerity and our role is to collectively challenge these difficulties on and off the stage.
Recent Achievements
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- May 2018 “Land of the Three Towers VOL II” Tour of London Housing Estates and Brighton Fringe
- January 2016 “Land of the Three Towers” (LOTTT) was performed on Carpenters Estate, Stratford, as part of Camden People’s Theatre’s festival ‘Whose London Is It Anyway?’ Our verbatim community piece developed new audiences and ran alongside a series of workshops that engaged local residents and single mothers facing eviction. Each performance ran at over capacity with overwhelming audience feedback from public and professionals demanding this show reaches other communities.
- October 2016 LOTTT toured London estates facing demolition alongside a week run at CPT. Audience feedback showed that 92% said they were more likely to get involved with issues in their own communities after watching the show. Accompanying outreach work using artistic and organising principles which a strong framework for how we engaged in these communities.
- Winners of Unique Festival Arena Award from the Independent Association of Festivals for our performance and venue installation of “Womb With A View” at Shambala Festival 2017.
LOTTT 2016.
The Whose London Is It Anyway? smash hit returns to Camden People's Theatre for a week-long run. Followed by a week of performances on Estates across London.
“From a new generation of thinkers who have, in this inaugural work, pushed theatre in a whole new direction” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ International Times
About The Show
The Whose London Is It Anyway? smash hit returns to london community centres following a week's run at Camden People's Theatre.
“We are the Focus E15 mothers and we have been politically occupying four flats on Carpenters estate that have been left empty for years and years on end. We are fighting for social housing. Everybody deserves a place ot live. Come stand with us, stop evictions, stop people being forced out of London .”
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Made by an all womxn cast including young mothers, people who have expereinced homelessness and housing activists from Focus E15, this unconvential verbatim show immerses you in a truly historic moment in the fight for social housing, not social cleansing.
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Sam’s eviction notice is dated the day after she’s due to give birth. The council want to forcibly relocate Jasmin out of London. Mary’s lived on Carpenters Estate since 1967, and if Mr. Mayor thinks she’s leaving, he’s got another thing coming – he’ll have to drag her out.
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So bring your kids, bring your neighbours and bring your fight. Come and engage in some Civil Disobedience, fuelled by song.
“From a new generation of thinkers who have, in this inaugural work, pushed theatre in a whole new direction”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ International Times
PLEASE NOTE: A limited number of tickets are bookable online, other tickets will be available on the door (first come first serve) The show is free - all donations will go towards local housing campaigns.
WORKSHOPS (free) Wednesday 25th (Silchester) and Friday 28th (Cressingham)
Art As Action Workshop 2.30-4.30 pm
Everyone has a story to tell. You Should See The Other Guy present a workshop on storytelling and creating communal protest songs by using your own words, and stories. The workshop entails using the practices we use to make the songs in Land of the Three Towers, by using real words, sharing stories, using rythms and repitition to create musical pieces. Come celebrate your home, tell your struggle, and toether we'll make a protest song about it. You don't have to be a singer, or even musical! This workshop is much more about sharing stories, and spoken word collectively than being in tune! to reserve a place send a message to [email protected] or just come down and join us.
How We Resist Workshop 5 - 6.30pm
Estate under threat? Got an eviction notice? You are not alone. and you CAN fight it. Come and join this open forum workshop led by activists from Radical Housing Network and Eviction Resistance Network to explore the tools you can use to build a campaigns to stop buy offs, demolitons and stop evictions. To reserve a place send a message to [email protected] or just come down and join us on the day.
https://evictionresistance.squat.net/
http://radicalhousingnetwork.org/
The performance will be followed by a free post-show discussion on Wed 19 Oct with members of Focus E15, Radical Housing Network, You Should See The Other Guy , local residents plus some special guests discussing the issues the show explores.
You Should See The Other Guy will be running a FREE Art as Action workshop whilst at CPT, on Fri 21 Oct 2-4pm. ‘Art as Action’ is a community workshop in which participants will explore some of the techniques You Should See the Other Guy developed for Land of the Three Towers.
Amongst other things we will explore sharing stories, interviewing, verbatim work, writing, chant, and song-making. The workshop will celebrate home, community and social action, while exploring any feelings you may have about the housing crisis. No singing experience necessary: this is not about being a performer, it’s about the voicing of collective stories. This utilizes the practices we’ve developed in the making of Land of the Three Towers, offering these tools for audiences to use themselves. Tea provided.
Space is limited, so please email [email protected] to reserve a place.