Am I outgrowing this? Do I belong here? Outgrown is a play about the differing experiences of Hackney and the ways it is changing. It is collaboration between a long term resident of Hackney and a self-proclaimed gentrifier. It is a show about the way our community is being fractured by capitalism. Interweaving interviews with people from Hackney, the show follows the performer Beth Timson’s journey as she returns to the place she grew up and tries to find home in somewhere that feels unfamiliar.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Beth Timson is a theatre maker/performer, writer and spoken word artist, from Hackney. Zoë Guzy-Sprague is a playwright and dramaturg from Washington, DC, based in Hackney. They Both met in 2016 when Beth was a member of the award -winning Company Three and Zoë worked as a dramaturg on the first iteration of The Act, later Performed at The Yard Theatre and The Royal Exchange, Theatre Manchester. After realising they were practically neighbours and being interested in female led- work they decided to collaborate. This collaboration soon led to an interest in their different experiences of the place they live.
CREATIVE TEAM
Beth Timson
Theatre maker / Writer / Performer
Zoe Guzy-Sprague
Theatre maker / Writer / Dramaturg
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