“In the current political climate, it is more important than ever to understand the role multi-culturalism plays in art and society” - Mairi Grewar

Role: Director

Performance: St. Boltoph’s Without Bishopsgate, London (2017)

Collaborators: Mairi Grewar

After Lieder, Leaders, & Lovers, I was asked to direct another semi-staged song concert by Mairi Grewar. She’d already chosen a mix of songs from across Europe (this was a few months after the Brexit vote), and wanted me to give some visual shape to the show.

It was really nice to get a project that allowed me to develop some of what I’d done in Lieder, Leaders, & Lovers - a minimalist staging where the same props - a stick, a ribbon, and a chair - were reinvented across the show as swords, cloaks, and other devices; where the main tool for showing relationships was mere positioning.

For those who ask ‘have you ever directed her?’, this remains the only time I’ve ever directed my twin Mimi in a show.