We’ll Take it From Here, Dear.

At the heart of the event is We’ll Take It From Here, Dear – a striking new 20-minute theatre piece created by our core company in collaboration with composer and musician Nina Clark as part of Wavelengths Festival.

The work confronts the persistent patronising and disenfranchising of older women – how they are silenced, sidelined and stripped of agency – their autonomy quietly removed under the guise of care.

We’ll take it from here, dear is not a kindness, it’s a quiet act of erasure. It tells older women they are no longer trusted to lead their own lives. But this is not a story of decline, or quiet resilience. It’s something louder – and messier!

Through movement, humour and striking imagery, the work insists on agency and presence on its own terms. We say enough is enough.

Following the performance, a new work in progress animated film by Folkestone-based artist Sue Bridge will be screened, created in response to the themes of the piece.

We’ll then open up the space for a Q&A – a chance to share your thoughts, questions and reflections, and play a part in how the work develops from here.

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