RADAR 2013 opens with this on-going gift of a work by Bryony Kimmings, presented for one night only alongside an exclusive RADAR PLATFORM
Heartache.Heartbreak is an endless letter to lost loves across the world. Begun in Portugal as part of a Forest Fringe residency this durational work seeks to eradicate loneliness, love pains and stupid tears by turning heartache and heartbreak into objects of ridicule. This Autumn Kimmings lands in Shepherds Bush and asks its residents for its cures for heartache. Connecting to the psyche of an area, asking its community for soul soup and stories, Kimmings then creates small pieces of performance for those who help her. Each evening these are played out like a juke box of agony aunt solutions, old wives tales and straight talking slaps. This show is for anyone whose ever cried into soup alone, banged down doors or grasped at their chest in the night. Quick witted, endlessly chatted and oh so totally true… join Kimmings as she fights heartache and laughs right at love!
Bryony Kimmings is a Performance Artist but don’t hold that against her. She creates full-length theatre shows, cabaret work, homemade music and sound installations. Her work is larger than life, often outrageous, visually loud, sometimes dangerous, somewhat unpredictable but above all fun. She is inspired by the taboos and anomalies of British culture and her autobiographical themes promote the airing of her own dirty laundry to oil conversations on seemingly difficult subjects. Her work follows real life social experiments that she embarks upon with genuine genius intrigue and wholehearted, fearless gusto.
Previous works include her award winning debut work “Sex Idiot” where she re-traced a STI back to its origins, the scientific drinking experiment “7 Day Drunk” that investigated if alcohol was good for creativity, and the moving, participatory hit “Mega” which regressed its listeners back to 9 years old. Her current Fringe First winning show “Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model” follows her journey to create an alternative pop star with her 9 year old niece Taylor to counteract the sexualised tween pop offer.
