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Leftovers
Photograph Manuel Vason
mem morrison

Performance, Interdisciplinary

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artist
Mem Morrison

Project Manager
Cheryl Pierce (Artsadmin)

ARTISTIC POLICY
Mem Morrison is a performance artist who has been making his own, highly personal, work since 1995. He is interested in exploring performance as a healing process and as a way of finding a voice. With a strong emphasis on design and colour, the work often draws upon personal history and environment to evoke the complexities of acknowledging and accepting cultural differences.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Mem Morrison radiates talent as a writer and performer… witty and intriguing. Proof that live theatre is still alive.' Independent on Sunday

'Prepare to be charmed.' Evening Standard

'If the words performance, alternative or visual arts have previously left you leaping for the nearest taxi, prepare to leap the other way.' Attitude Magazine

CURRENT PRODUCTION
Leftovers The full English breakfast is given a citizenship test as Mem Morrison returns to his roots to explore the cultural connotations of the traditional greasy spoon café. Leftovers takes Mem’s culinary and cultural concerns out onto the high street to uncover an English café culture that has been assimilated and imperceptibly changed by generations of Turkish Cypriot families. Leftovers will explore culture and cultural difference and how this is expressed through food. It is a gentle exploration of how cultures meet and mingle, eat, socialise and influence each other.

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Ringside Inspired by a childhood fixation with wedding ceremonies, Ringside is based on home video footage of family weddings attended by Morrison over the last 30 years. The weddings are showy and lavish, rich with culture and tradition, the journey imbued with the ambiguity of growing up a second generation British Turkish Cypriot and gay man. A multi-lingual performance installation for five performer/musicians. (70 mins, 7 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Workshops, talks and residencies particularly for young people aged 15–25 years.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Germany (residency)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.