RITES OF INNOCENCE

2017

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Created and performed specifically for the RITE festival, Rites Of Innocence is a comedic and unnerving clash of old pagan myth exploring modern day views on femininity and society's views on women. 

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Audience were welcome by the 'old crone' who performed a traditional ritual with a wishing stone and a bucket, whilst teaching audiences how to make an ancient wool doll.

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Half way through the evening in line with pagan myth, the old crone transformed into 'Bianca' - the youthful, fertile and naive. 

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Bianca ran a muck reminding people about the pleasures of childhood, playing with Barbie dolls, colouring in and challenging stereotypes associated with the little girls & little boys. 

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Creator and Performer Mark Croasdale

RITE Producers  Short&Sweet: Manchester