ANNOUNCING: Global Hive Laboratories on Patreon

Today, we are proud to announce the launch of our Patreon! We have been hard at work on all the projects that make up this new platform of ours, which we hope you will support! Your contributions will keep us creating! We cannot thank you enough in advance for contributing to this next stage of our global work. Become a patron now to unlock new content! #GHLPatreon

Over the next few weeks, we will share more about our different tiers of support, especially the #GHLClassicsUpClose (launching this week), our readings, and Caro’s cooking show, so stayed tuned for even more! #GHLGloUp

We believe that the strength of our collective is the diversity of places, perspectives, and processes. With this in mind, we have created a platform for individual artists to generate income from their individual practices, expose a larger international community to their work, and invest in their future participation in International Laboratories.

This is not the usual way art groups are funded. We believe that the strength of our community and the value of our mission will help us create a sustainable, artist focused, anti-colonial, intersectional, feminist and anti-racist wage structure.
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Global Hive Labs is creating Global Theatre Practice, Community Collaboration & Art Education. We believe in a Total Theatre - one where all disciplines, practices, styles, genres and forms can share an equal import in the sensory journey of the audience. Our objective is to identify the questions and facts on the subject, examine and deconstruct them, then rebuild with what best fits to any given moment or expression and a focus on what new is created when opposing forms, practices and ideas are put in combination.

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London→Piacenza→Chicago→London - A year with Eliza Harris

Global Hive Labs has collaborated with more than 50 artists over the course of our work on Medusa. Each new connection we make opens up the opportunity to learn from new perspectives, and to deepen our analysis of the subject. There are some folks who joined us for a week, or a few days, others who have weaved in and out of the tapestry in different cities, bringing fresh eyes to familiar shades of color.

We’re excited that London based actor Eliza Harris will be joining the new ensemble in London at The Pleasance in November. Eliza has performed with ensembles in London, Piacenza, and Chicago this year, bringing a unique perspective and set of skills to the project.

Eliza Harris composing in Piacenza, Italy

Medusa has shaped my 2019 in so many ways and I’ve been fortunate enough to collaborate in London, Italy, and Chicago. In allowing me to devise and perform with artists from so many countries and cultures, it’s allowed me to create theatre that speaks to the amazing multicultural world we live in, and leaves no one out! The work we’re doing with Medusa is so important as we seek to create a wholly accessible theatre form for all, weaving accessibility into the very tapestry of the piece. I’m so excited to share the work we’ve done with new artists and share our mission and creativity with London in November! I love being able to give Medusa a voice that hasn’t necessarily been heard before. I’m so grateful to the team at GHL, Fusion Theatre, and Chez Actors for allowing and encouraging me to create my own original songs as my own way of giving these mythological characters a new voice and I can’t wait to share some of them with you when we open on Monday 11th November!

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for production costs and artist stipends for Fusion Theatre Company’s production of Medusa. Every little bit counts. We can’t do it without you.

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MEDUSA
11th Nov 2019 - 15th Nov 2019
Downstairs - Pleasance London
8pm

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From Chicago to London - Jenn Geiger

Global Hive Labs has collaborated with more than 50 artists over the course of our work on Medusa. Each new connection we make opens up the opportunity to learn from new perspectives, and to deepen our analysis of the subject. There are some folks who joined us for a week, or a few days, others who have weaved in and out of the tapestry in different cities, bringing fresh eyes to familiar shades of color.

We’re excited that Chicago based actor Jenn Geiger will be joining the new ensemble in London at The Pleasance in November.

Jenn Geiger in rehearsal with Movement Director Earl T. Kim

“I had the joy of helping devise Medusa in Chicago during the workshop this summer and felt more inspired, empowered, and challenged as a performer than I have for a long time. That says a lot about the group of people involved in this project and also about what a delight it is to work with such rich text and history of this infamous myth. We had an international ensemble from Italy and the UK join us in Chicago, and I’m super excited to return the favor in the London ensemble, working with some of the same artists and many I’ve yet to meet. It’s such a unique and powerful thing to have so many different kinds of people creating together, and I can’t wait to welcome people into this story as it continues to evolve.” - Jenn Geiger

Jenn not only performed as an actor and musician, but also created the original artwork that the audience used to participate in the performance. Jenn’s original watercolors distilled the audience roles of Gods, Gorgons, and Mortals into personal talismans - reminders of their destiny.

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for production costs and artist stipends for Fusion Theatre Company’s production of Medusa. Every little bit counts. We can’t do it without you.

SUPPORT US

Click the image to learn how.

MEDUSA
11th Nov 2019 - 15th Nov 2019
Downstairs - Pleasance London
8pm

BOOK NOW