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Moonface
18:30 - 21:00
Doors 18:30
Suitable for ages 16+
FULLY BOOKED
Join us for MOONFACE, a live solo theatre show that uses clowning to explore colonial, capitalist mining practices and how the models created on Earth are being utilised to inform the future of interplanetary travel. This is a special one-off evening of performance and talks exploring how much 'space' we all take up in our late-stage capitalist universe inside the Grant Museum of Zoology.
2023. Shady billionaires make plans to colonise and mine the solar system behind all our backs, and one rocky satellite is dangerously close to the edge. One last investigation could figure out where it all went wrong and how we can course-correct before it’s too late.
Made in collaboration with Professor Ilan Kelman, coordinator of UCL’s Space Health Risks Research group, and the London Mining Network, MOONFACE is a humorous and exuberant love letter to our nearest celestial neighbour.
Join us from 18:30 where we will have interactive educational materials from London Mining Network (LMN) and Harringay Community Gardens before the 1-hour performance of MOONFACE at 19:00.
This will be followed by a talk from Daniel Selwyn, LMN Education Worker and Andy Whitmore, LMN Co-chair and Finance Advocacy Officer at the Deep Sea Mining Campaign, who will detail their work in advocating for those on Earth adversely affected by colonial mining practices.
Finally, a post-show talk with MOONFACE creator Meg Hodgson and science collaborator Ilan Kelman and a Q&A with all the event collaborators. The talks will finish at 20:50 with a short amount of time for informal mingling.
Written and Performed by: Meg Hodgson
Science Collaborator: Ilan Kelman
Directed by: Helena Banerjee
Produced by: Millie Wood-Downie
Sound Design and Composition by: Livvy Lynch and Jan Baranowski
Schedule
18:30 - Doors and stalls
19:00-20:00 - MOONFACE performance
20:05-20:25 - Talk from London Mining Network
20:25 - Q&A with Meg Hodgson, MOONFACE lead creative, and Ilan Kelman, science collaborator
20:35 - Q&A with London Mining Network and MOONFACE team
20:45 - Informal mingling
21:00 - Finish
Please note that filming and photography will be taking place at this event.
- Content advisory
The performance contains partial nudity, loud sounds, flashing lights, smoke, sexual content, references to violent colonial practices and coarse language.
This event is part of Performing Planet Activism, a series of interactions, performances and dialogues at UCL that bring together artists, activists, researchers and communities engaged in climate activism.
FULLY BOOKED
Join us for MOONFACE, a live solo theatre show that uses clowning to explore colonial, capitalist mining practices and how the models created on Earth are being utilised to inform the future of interplanetary travel. This is a special one-off evening of performance and talks exploring how much 'space' we all take up in our late-stage capitalist universe inside the Grant Museum of Zoology.
2023. Shady billionaires make plans to colonise and mine the solar system behind all our backs, and one rocky satellite is dangerously close to the edge. One last investigation could figure out where it all went wrong and how we can course-correct before it’s too late.
Made in collaboration with Professor Ilan Kelman, coordinator of UCL’s Space Health Risks Research group, and the London Mining Network, MOONFACE is a humorous and exuberant love letter to our nearest celestial neighbour.
Join us from 18:30 where we will have interactive educational materials from London Mining Network (LMN) and Harringay Community Gardens before the 1-hour performance of MOONFACE at 19:00.
This will be followed by a talk from Daniel Selwyn, LMN Education Worker and Andy Whitmore, LMN Co-chair and Finance Advocacy Officer at the Deep Sea Mining Campaign, who will detail their work in advocating for those on Earth adversely affected by colonial mining practices.
Finally, a post-show talk with MOONFACE creator Meg Hodgson and science collaborator Ilan Kelman and a Q&A with all the event collaborators. The talks will finish at 20:50 with a short amount of time for informal mingling.
Written and Performed by: Meg Hodgson
Science Collaborator: Ilan Kelman
Directed by: Helena Banerjee
Produced by: Millie Wood-Downie
Sound Design and Composition by: Livvy Lynch and Jan Baranowski
Schedule
18:30 - Doors and stalls
19:00-20:00 - MOONFACE performance
20:05-20:25 - Talk from London Mining Network
20:25 - Q&A with Meg Hodgson, MOONFACE lead creative, and Ilan Kelman, science collaborator
20:35 - Q&A with London Mining Network and MOONFACE team
20:45 - Informal mingling
21:00 - Finish
Please note that filming and photography will be taking place at this event.
- Content advisory
The performance contains partial nudity, loud sounds, flashing lights, smoke, sexual content, references to violent colonial practices and coarse language.
This event is part of Performing Planet Activism, a series of interactions, performances and dialogues at UCL that bring together artists, activists, researchers and communities engaged in climate activism.
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 18:30 to 21:00
Event Grant Museum