Performer Name: Mr & Mrs Clark

Show Name: A Brief History of Difference

Show Description

Being different is a complicated business. It can be exciting, distressing, temporary, permanent, liberating, dangerous, painful, a cause for celebration. It’s about bodies and language, memories and labels, perceptions and assumptions, acceptance and resistance. Join DAR, a queer, neurodivergent, curious, middle-aged Talking Heads fanatic, to consider some tricky questions around the subjects of difference, identity, positioning, labelling and belonging. Brought to you by Das Clarks and Jo Fong with Becky Davies, A Brief History of Difference is an interactive theatre piece rooted in conversation, knowledge sharing, questioning, personal narrative and performance. A Brief History of Difference is for anyone who considers themself a person of difference and anyone who wonders what it would be like to be or live differently.

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The show has been developed with integrated BSL. An audio described version is also available. Both access options would need pre-planning.
We can be self contained or provide a lighting plan for venues with a rig. Please get in touch for a full lighting plan.
A3 / A4 posters can be provided or we can provide artwork to be used by the venue as they wish. Happy to discuss.
Mr and Mrs Clark was formed by Gareth Clark and Marega Palser. Marega trained at The Place and went on to study fine art. Gareth’s training is in social engagement and education. As performers they developed a reputation for making engaging shows that packed a message. The Clarks use dance and music, strong visual images and enjoy interactive moments with their audience to create meaningful connections. Since moving to Newport their work has adapted to their surroundings creating shows that reflected the changes in the city. Their show Smash It Up was shortlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award highlighting the loss of public art and space in new developments. They have been regulars at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2012 and their work has showcased in the US, Morocco, Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, Slovenia and Luxenbourg. They have toured new productions annually to theatres for the last 5 years and have used the Night Out scheme to reach new audiences via rural touring. The Clarks are regulars with Hijinx Theatre and have worked with Frantic Assembly, Punch Drunk, Told By An Idiot and most recently with Lea Anderson of The Cholmondeleys.