IN TODAY’S MINI-INTERVIEW with an ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 figure, we throw five rapid-fire questions at Adrienne Truscott, choreographer maKe, i mean.
maKe, i mean is at the Project Arts Centre tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday at 9.30pm.
Adrienne Truscott, tells us about your ABSOLUT Fringe:
Describe your show to TheJournal.ie’s readers in 20 words:
maKe, i mean is made of eruptions of consciousness, behaviour, text, movement and costumes. It feels bold, bawdy, unrecognisable, serious, unschooled, anti-professional, dirty and funny, and when performed will creative a narrative whether you like it or not.
Or, here are 20 words that describe the show: Original. Funny. Dirty. Existential. Unrecognizable. Hard. Easy. Subtle. Bawdy. Random. Non-sensical. Mundane. Exalted. Naked. Eager for multiple interpretations. Vertical. Idiotic.
Do you have any special rituals you just have to carry out before a performance/reading/exhibition?
I like to have lively and often quite ‘bad’ music playing. There should be dirty jokes and shenanigans that are for the cast’s eyes only in the dressing room. I like to be sure that my personal hygiene and that of my dancers is in accordance with the practices of the day. I like the cast to create a state of near hysteria, but a pleasant hysteria. Then I like to temper that with a shot of bourbon.
What’s the best/worst audience reaction you’ve ever had to your work?
I’m hoping for both to happen here.
What/who do you recommend we go see at ABSOLUT Fringe 2011?
I highly recommend seeing the piece that Deborah Hay is choreographing, a theater piece called A Lost Opera by The Genesis Collective – Deborah was a huge inspiration for me, and has a divinely punk rock spirit about much of what she does; The List Operators, from Melbourne, are brilliantly funny and combine brevity and wit like few can. I heard Man of Valour did very well at Edinburgh this year. And I’d be pretty chuffed if you went to see maKe, i mean, by a thoughtful, funny, frequently naked American choreographer. Other than that I just hope to be able to see a bunch of stuff.
What has inspired you or made you happy today?
