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Handful of Nothing
A work-in-progress showing by Tilly Lee-Kronick
She’s at a threshold. Again.
Weighing up her options. Hungry for autonomy. Craving for others to decide.
Heavy with choice. Light with emptiness.
Aching to fly away.
This is a palatable tale of an eating disorder and recovery.
Handful of Nothing is a unique fusion of ingenious storytelling, innovative aerial choreography, puppetry, dance, text and song. Taking you on a poetic journey full of surprises, this tale playfully (believe it or not!) explores confronting our inner demons, battles with addiction and questions of worth and weight.
Accompanied by a beautiful original score, Tilly will give you an insight into the puzzling place of limbo in which she often finds herself.
We’re delighted to welcome Tilly to our stage following a 2-day residency developing this piece at Circomedia.
Concept, Performer and Creator: Tilly Lee-Kronick
Director and Designer: Mish Weaver
Composition: Isaac Lee-Kronick
Costume: Poppy Lees
Mentorship and writing support: Matilda Leyser
Production photography by Mark Morreau
With thanks to Arts Council England, The Place, Dance East and Circomedia.
About Tilly Lee-Kronick
Growing up in London, Tilly spent her childhood singing, dancing and performing, but her love for circus began at an international aerial dance festival, where she first discovered she could dance in the air. She then completed her degree at Circomedia, specialising in static trapeze and physical theatre.
Tilly strives to create work in a multi-disciplinary way, challenging traditional perceptions of circus and theatre, to create unique and exciting aerial work. She was a resident circus artist at The Roundhouse 2018-2019 and Associate artist at Deda 2019-2020. She has worked nationally and internationally with companies such as Extraordinary Bodies, Stumble Dance Circus, Cirque Bijou, Full Tilt Aerial Dance, Stacked Wonky Dance Theatre, Rosemary Lee. She also played the principle role in Metta Theatre’s Little Mermaid – The circus musical sensation.
Her acclaimed solo show ‘Ripe’, directed by Mish Weaver, has toured nationally, as part of Circus Around and About with Crying Out Loud, and was selected as one of the top three pieces of Resolution Festival 2018.
Dates & Times: Saturday 9 March, 7:30pm
Tickets: Full Price £9, Concession £6 (including booking fee)
Location: St Paul’s Church, BS2 8SJ
Age guide: 12+
Please note, this show contains themes and references to eating disorders.
Duration: 1 hour
The seating configuration for our performances is flexible, but as standard, our main seating area is raked. The front rows are level and accessible, and aisle seats are available. Please get in touch to reserve seats in these rows are required.
Please note that seating in our Gallery is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not accessible for audience members who may find stairs difficult or impractical.
Wheelchair and step-free access can be found at our side entrance. We use What 3 Words to give you an exact location on a map. Follow the link below to find this entrance.
Side Entrance Exact Location: https://what3words.com/mostly.ledge.chop
Main Entrance: Stepped Access
For performances, our main double doors serve as the principle entrance. This entrance consists of three steps up to the Box Office foyer, and three further steps up to the main building. We use What 3 Words to give you an exact location on a map. Follow the link below to find this entrance.
Main Entrance Exact Location: https://what3words.com/total.offer.native
Free Tickets for Carers
If you are a dedicated carer accompanying a paying visitor who is disabled, you are eligible for a free ticket (limited to one carer per paying visitor). To book your ticket, please give us a call on 0117 9477288 or email boxoffice@circomedia.com.
Circomedia does not issue refunds unless the event is cancelled or postponed to a date on which you are unable to attend.