Olwen Davies Performance Maker, Actor and Writer
Performance Work
Thoughts on Inside Neverhood Work in Progress 2012
Wayne Burrows featured Inside Neverhood on the HATCH:BACK blog, designed to archive and present feedback for chosen artists. Burrows offers some valuable thoughts and feedback after seeing the work in progress showing on the 9th November 2012. H A T C H: B A C K Photo Credit: Julian Hughes
Inside Neverhood
Inside Neverhood is Olwen’s newest work in progress. It was shown as part of a Double Bill on November the 9th, along side Andy Field’s concluding 2 parts of his trilogy Zilla. The Double Bill was part of a Hatch series, Hatching Space. Olwen was artist in residence at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham while […]
Amelia Beavis-Harrison’s The Test Of Intelligence
Amelia Beavis-Harrison’s The Test Of Intelligence Olwen performed in Amelia Beavis-Harrison’s work The Test Of Intelligence when it was shown as part of the World Event Young Artists (WEYA) festival 2012. Olwen will be part of the next showing at the Spill Festival in 2012. The performance takes two familiar situations and pushes them together, […]
Cat In Hell
As part of a Hatch residency at New Art Exchange, Ollie Smith has produced Cat In Hell, Olwen co-devises and performs in this work. Cat In Hell is a performance about getting the cream and choking on it. Mr Mistoffelees from Cats meets Mephistopheles from Faust. It’s about sleek whiskers, snazzy pyjamas, conjuring tricks and […]
Cat In Hell Thoughts September 2012
Wayne Burrows featured Cat In Hell on the HATCH:BACK blog, designed to archive and present feedback for chosen artists. Burrows offers some valuable thoughts and feedback after seeing the work in progress showing on the 21st of September 2012. HATCH:BACK full blog post Image by Julian Hughes
I went on an adventure
I saw the work in progress of The Gramophones new performance ‘End to End’ at the Circuit festival 2012. The performance was touching and made you long for your own adventure. At the end the ladies gave us some seeds, we were instructed to take them to a place we had never been and plant […]
Fridge Logic in Manchester
Word of Warning sampler series. Manchester: Zion Arts Centre. 18th May 2012 – 7:30pm Olwen will be performing her show Fridge Logic as part of a triple bill presented by the Word of Warning sampler series taking place in Manchester. Along side Olwen will be: Ellie Harrison in Etiquette of Grief: Dutch courage, moral support […]
Fridge Logic in Leeds
Double Bill – Fridge Logic and Lies About My Father. 1st March 2012 – 7:30pm Presented by Leeds Met Gallery and Studio Theatre, Olwen will be performing her piece ‘Fridge Logic’ as part of a double bill at the Northern Ballet in Leeds. Also performing is Phil Ormrod with his performance ‘Lies About My father’. […]
Fridge Logic Review October 2011
Olwen’s performance at Hatch: Fresh in the Autumn of 2011 was particularly well received by Fred Dalmasso who reviewed the festival for Total Theatre Magazine. “Olwen Davies particularly glowed.” “On screen or off it, the immediacy of Olwen Davies’ live performance is hilarious and all of a sudden poignant … She relies upon the […]
Hatch Nottingham 2011
16/10/2011 Olwen is performing her new solo work Fridge Logic as part of Hatch: Fresh. The Hatch festival has become more popular throughout the years, exhibiting exciting new work from both established and emerging artists and performers. Olwen is very excited to be part of the festival with such a great line up of performances […]
Fridge Logic
Title of Piece: Fridge Logic. Number of Performers: 1 Duration of Piece: 30 Minutes Description of the piece: ‘Fridge Logic’ (2011) explores the audience’s relationship with the mediated performer within a media literate culture. The event starts with youtube videos which have been distributed the week before the show, these involve simple tasks for the […]
Blueprint
Blueprint is a collaboration between Olwen, the company Zoo Indigo and performer Suzy Gunn. The project features each of the women’s mothers through a live video link. It explores the relationships and simularities the women have with their mothers, both emotionally and biologically. This performance is still within the creative process but you can find […]
Southpaw Junction
Southpaw Junction was founded in 2009 by Olwen Davies, Jonathan Dade and Nichola Wooley; at this time were known as ‘Second Production’. Their first performance was Oi Panda (2009), a piece of street theatre that was pure fun and entertainment. Soon after Southpaw was joined by James Murton, together they wrote and performed The Line (2009) […]
Time Frame 2011
A review posted on ‘WorkShy Fop’ in 2011 about Southpaw Junction’s performance Time Frame, performed at the Not Part Of Festival 2011. WorkShy Fop Review
