‘Thompson is a magnetic performer, her clownish physicality a joy to watch.’
★★★★ The Guardian
About the Event
The Wardrobe presents: SPACE
By Frankie Thompson
Directed by Luke Howarth
Mentored by Thick & Tight
Commissioned by Drunken Chorus
After two sold out performances at The Place and Camden People’s Theatre in 2019, SPACE is back! A magical multimedia miniature circus spiralling through scale, perspective and place.
SPACE has been commissioned by Drunken Chorus for A Bit OF A Do festival. Supported by The Wardrobe.
Frankie Thompson is an acclaimed clown and interdisciplinary artist. Her work explores her ongoing battle with mental illnesses, including anorexia and its resultant chronic conditions. She has just returned from a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 with her one-woman adaptation of Cats The Musical, CAttS, produced by Soho Theatre.
Article on Anorexia: https://www.objectivelyfunny.com/post/a-love-letter-to-performing-from-a-recovering-anorexic
The Wardrobe is a tiny portable ‘west-end’ theatre built inside a real life Wardrobe. It’s a neurodivergent-led collective of associate artists making and supporting bold, diverse, inclusive, community minded work in non-traditional performance settings for audiences and artists for whom traditional arts spaces are not necessarily accessible. The Wardrobe is supported by Arts Council England and Camden People’s Theatre.
What did you experience?
This was a one-hour theatre piece, with no interval. Audience members were seated in rows.
Access information
This event included British Sign Language Interpretation
This event was Audio Described by VocalEyes
The venue has step-free access and accessible toilets
This event had a relaxed attitude to audience movement and noise, and audiences were free to leave and re-enter at any time.