BACKGROUND
An outdoor artist, performer, producer, musician & composer specialising in nature-set landscape performance, devised theatre & the participatory arts
Image by @MothMeister
Creative Producer
With a specialism in supporting artists to realise and articulate their creative dreams, Laura has a background in arts producing for participatory arts, outdoor performance, theatre, dance, circus and cabaret. Laura is particularly skilled in fundraising and company development.
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Image by @MothMeister
Past work
An outdoor artist with a specialism in landscape performances set in nature, Laura has performed in botanical gardens, heritage sites, forests and wild spaces.
Nature-immersed sound
Laura was awarded a DYCP grant to experiment with developing a process of nature immersion to inspire and create live performances set in nature
Image taken from a DYCP
session, improvising music
in nature with Bela Emerson
Nature-set performance
Set in a winter woodland walk at night-time, Laura sang Lullabies in an illuminated nightgown at Leonardslee Gardens in 2020-2021.
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Devised theatre
100 Ways to Say Goodbye was a performance project with Brass Bathtub set at Tide Mills heritage site in Newhaven. Performed as part of The Tide Mills Project in September 2021, the piece involved participatory performance, live music and explored themes of loss and renewal, death, nature, ceremony and ritual.
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Image by raystoimages.com
Collaboration
In 2022 Laura collaborated with the Belgian artists MothMeister to develop characters, costumes and imagery based around connection to nature, Jungian philosophy and imagery and symbolism of The Tarot. Many of the images from this collaboration can be seen on this website.
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Image by @MothMeister
Original composition
The Owl & The Pussycat was an adaptation of Edward Lear’s poem, staged on a lake in a beautiful botanical garden in Sussex. In 2021 Laura performed as The Owl and composed original music for the show, in collaboration with Will Hood, who performed as The Pussycat.
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Co-creation workshops
A Lullaby for Peterborough, was commissioned by Peterborough Presents and developed in collaboration with local mothers.
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