"I loved the Physical comedy. It was engaging from the start. Lots of surprises. Movement qualities. Relationship with audience."
The Lodger (formerly Jam and Chemicals)
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The Lodger is an exciting new work in development created by Dora Colquhoun. Using song writing, verbatim interviews, audience Interaction, story telling, pigeons, and her traumatically short lived career as a Redcoat at Butlins Bognor Regis. Dora was asked to leave because she had flooded her 'chalet' (MDF shed) Dora explores the question what is home and how can she be home to herself when everything else is so fragile?
Just 4 letters are used to describe an extremely complex idea that we all understand differently. A person may spend a lifetime answering this question as life inevitably throws unpredictable circumstances our way. With the cost of living crisis and a housing shortage in the UK, the lodger looks at the wider political landscape when exploring the life of a millennial who has always felt a sense of displacement.
Is a home...
- a building?
- a feeling?
- a place?
- a moment?
- all of these things?
Or is home an idea promised, that not everyone gets to have?
Dora has worked with international award winning artist Jamie Wood on a Residency at Hawkwood College
This week I was lucky enough to work with Dora Colquhoun on her new solo show; the lodger. As the piece slowly evolves, it's exciting to experience Dora's uncanny ability to create and perform work which is simultaneously accessible and hilarious whilst also deeply poetic and provocative. It feels like an urgent contemporary piece of theatre which confronts, amongst other things, how fragile our sense of self can be in a noisy, violent and aggressive world, and the ridiculous consequences that can ensue as we try to cling on to and protect our sanity.
Jamie Wood
Audience Feedback
"I loved how surprising the show was, how engaging it was, I wasn’t sure where it was going to go, the comedy was timed perfectly and contrasted beautifully with the more ‘serious’ moments"
"I Loved lady with headscarf and games with audience, dora as a performer in is so engaging, I loved crazy dance moment."
"Jam and chemicals was quirky, engaging moving and very funny, absurd and hilarious. I cant wait to see more and how it develops."
"A raw, funny show full of life! A must see! Amazing."
"An emotional rollercoaster about the human experience"
"I will be humming the catchy tunes, so much to relate too. I loved the ending. An incredible talent."
"I loved the honesty and humour and music throughout. I love that you tackled dark topics but ended the show with lightness and Joy."
"I learnt home is inside you and hard things pass if you learn to let go."
"You kept us dreaming, I will be thinking about the rocks in my life after the show and how to let go. Thank you for a beautiful experience."
