Latest work: Hydrosis @ Proximity 1 on 1 Festival
A humorous look at the turmoil bodily functions can have on a contemporary employee. Hydrosis is an example of the lengths to which we will go when trying to make our involuntary secretions behave!
(PS Hydrosis takes part in a very small storeroom space - just you and me - not for the claustrophobic)
Blue Room Theatre, January 29th - February 19th: NOW SOLD OUT FOLKS
Barefaced Stories Grand Slam Final
Won Barefaced Stories Grand Slam Final runner up award! Stories will be posted soon…
My hero: Live recording at Barefaced Stories
Have you ever loved a group so much……
“My Hero” true story at Barefaced Stories, Episode 3
“Mr Stinky Tooth” live recording
Have a listen to my “Mr Stinky Tooth” true story, recorded live at Barefaced Stories…
Episode 1
http://barefaced.com.au/Barefaced/Barefaced_Stories_Podcast/Barefaced_Stories_Podcast.html
Sud Stories
Sud Stories - a celebration and exploration of human washing rituals - will be shown in the Blue Room Theatre, Perth 9th - 27th August 2011. More details to follow.
If you would like to be interviewed as part of my research, please email me on jmcginty2@gmail.com.
Sud Stories - research interviews
Exciting times. I am now interviewing the Perth public about their bathing rituals. This is the most exciting part for me - people do not realise they have a ritual until they begin to talk. Truly beautiful.
If you would like to be interviewed email me on jmcginty2@gmail.com
“Mr Stinky Tooth” on the radio
Mr Stinky Tooth will be broadcast on RTRfm in June 2011 - check it out.
Mr Stinky Tooth
Nosey - a true story presented at the Blue Room Theatre’s Barefaced Stories Feb 2011. Who ever thought going to the dentist could be so… uplifting.
Review:
“Janette’s vibrancy and enthusiasm cannot be described in words. With her unique delivery she had the audience crying with laughter as she described her ‘religious’ experience. Exceptionally funny.”
Theatre Australia
BURSTING
BURSTING, Blue Room Theare Perth, 15th & 18th February 2011.
Bursting plunges head first into “those pesky pee leaks” using storytelling, deconstructed ballet and direct audience interaction.
Bursting reviews:
“Dressed in a black leotard and a pink tutu, this lady of ‘over 21’ leaps into action, doing her uninhibited, strenuous ballet exercises. With a cheeky grin and a sense of humour similar to her fellow Glaswegian Billy Connelly, Janette had the audience in stitches from the word go”
Theatre Australia
Sud Stories (previously Douche Tales)
You now have the opportunity
to peek behind the shower curtain,
to peek behind the bathrobe.
You may find a celebration.
You may find pain.
You will find secrets.
Sud Stories explores and celebrates human washing rituals. Part Cabaret, part Live Art, all will be revealed.
(see youtube footage in blog below)
Sud Stories (prev. Douche Tales) footage: Research interviews, the performance and public intervention
Footage also contains excerpts from S.W.E.A.T: Have you ever had a sweat phobia? Well just imagine…
FrenchMottershead: Perth and Syndey Echo Project:
Loved working with Rebecca and Andrew on this. And YES the Perth public are open to participate in public interventions. Project is part of the P4 Pilot program between PICA and Performance Space Sydney, http://p4pilot.com.au/?p=147 .
About me
As an Experimental Theatre Deviser and Performer, I tell stories - fractured stories - using grotesque movement, original text and both live and recorded material. I launch the intimate into the public with gusto yet make it safe for the audience by covering it with a cloak of humour. My work comes dangerously close to Live Art as my research begins with recorded interviews with local community. This is where the magic lies. The unplanned interaction. The story the person didn't know existed.
