Never Said I Was a Genius
Conceived and Directed by John Kurzynowski
Created and Produced by Not Quite Theatre co.
In development.
Is there such a thing as an artistic genius? Or is genius merely a myth that perpetuates privilege and enables monstrous acts to occur? And how does an artist’s biography shape that myth and reframe the work of an artistic genius?
Not Quite Theatre co. is developing a new piece of experimental theatre that poses these questions and takes aim at the oft debated concept of the artistic genius. We will also explore the relationship between the genius and the monster; how the horrific acts of an artistic genius have been culturally justified by the systems that have elevated them, including the fandoms that place the artistic genius on increasingly inaccessible pedestals.
Join us as a gaggle of artistic geniuses each attempt to make the very play you're watching. A play somehow set both here and now in this very theatre AND in a glamorous but decaying villa on the Italian Riviera circa 1963.
Never Said I Was a Genius has received several R&D workshops with the following creative team:
Performers: Alex Ansdell, Valentin Burwell, Lauren Lucy Cook, Dean Elliott, Emily Foxton, Jack Gogarty, Harrison Hartley, Libby Symons, Giulio Tamburrini, Haydn Watts, Kim Whatmore
Designers: Alex Ansdell, Valentin Burwell, John Kurzynowski
Photos: Emily Foxton
Not Quite Theatre co. is developing a new piece of experimental theatre that poses these questions and takes aim at the oft debated concept of the artistic genius. We will also explore the relationship between the genius and the monster; how the horrific acts of an artistic genius have been culturally justified by the systems that have elevated them, including the fandoms that place the artistic genius on increasingly inaccessible pedestals.
Join us as a gaggle of artistic geniuses each attempt to make the very play you're watching. A play somehow set both here and now in this very theatre AND in a glamorous but decaying villa on the Italian Riviera circa 1963.
Never Said I Was a Genius has received several R&D workshops with the following creative team:
Performers: Alex Ansdell, Valentin Burwell, Lauren Lucy Cook, Dean Elliott, Emily Foxton, Jack Gogarty, Harrison Hartley, Libby Symons, Giulio Tamburrini, Haydn Watts, Kim Whatmore
Designers: Alex Ansdell, Valentin Burwell, John Kurzynowski
Photos: Emily Foxton