The Whole
Routine
Performance
London Performance Studios is pleased to present The Whole Routine, a new musical performance about control and longing by Edward Thomasson, created in collaboration with songwriter Robbie Allen and composer Charlotte Harding, and performers Adrian Quinton, Callum Murphy, Clara Andersson, Penny Granycombe, Simon Tipping, and Yasmine Dove, who join Edward on stage at London Performance Studios.
Developed over three years through weekend workshops and public presentations, this ambitious new work uses song and dance sequences to explore how patterns of behaviour develop to manage difficult social feelings. As harmonies falter, gestures fall flat, and routines slip out of time, The Whole Routine describes attempts at breaking the numb repetitions of conventional interaction and the sometimes-alarming awkwardness of trying to feel things differently.
Cast
Adrian Quinton
Callum Murphy
Clara Andersson
Edward Thomasson
Penny Granycombe
Simon Tipping
Yasmine Dove
Creative Team
Book, Lyrics & Choreography: Edward Thomasson
Music: Robbie Allen & Charlotte Harding
Dramaturgy: Bendix Fesefeldt
Production: Carolina Ongaro
Somatic Facilitator: Andrew Kerton
Workshop Facilitator: Valerie McCann
Supported by The Elephant Trust, Royal College of Art, London Performance Studios, and The Name Drawing Supporters Circle.
Special thanks to Josh Andraos, Federico Hewson, Anna Holmes, Jos McKain, Shade Théret, Stanley Weissohn, Alistair Hall, Tracy Garcia, Tal Amitai, Manuela Zaugg, NUVOL3NUVOL3, Michele Porcelluzzi, Jerlyn Heinzen, and Lizeth Pachacama, who contributed to the development of The Whole Routine through workshops and public presentations.
About
Edward Thomasson (he/him) is an artist working across performance, theatre, video, and painting. His work explores social and sexual interaction through song, dance, and enactment, examining how people come together and build relationships. His plays and performances have been presented at Tate Britain, Glass House Community Centre, Studio Voltaire, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), and West Space (Melbourne), among others. From 2007 to 2017, he collaborated with Lucy Beech on performance projects, exhibiting at Tate Britain, Maureen Paley, and the Barbican Theatre.
Recent solo exhibitions include Endless Love (Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin, 2023) and Burning Desires (Phillida Reid, London, 2023). His work has also been included in group exhibitions at Goldsmiths CCA (Testament, 2022) and Migros Museum of Contemporary Art (United by AIDS, 2019).
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