Endurance

Jenni is not an athlete. Jenni has not done enough training. Jenni wants to perform a feat of endurance, live and in real time. She really wants to be able to run up hills and mountains. Since her mum is Bolivian,?she?s?banking on her DNA containing Inca genes, which she hopes will mean that she will be shit hot at running up mountains. Naturally. Exploring colonial legacies through the prism of the Bolivian/Aymaran warrior?Bartolina?Sisa?and?modern day?women who are out-performing men at?ultra marathon?running, Jenni wants to know how we carry on when things get really hard? In a blend of dance, theatre, and an attempt at a sports spectacle, Endurance looks at how we endure, why we endure, and how women can make their innate propensity for endurance work in their favour to tip the balance of power. Jenni is a performer,?theatremaker, and movement director based in Manchester. Her work examines what women and girls?are allowed to?do with their bodies, her relationship to the UK, and the duality of living between cultures and races. Credits Written and devised: by Jennifer Jackson with Simon Carroll Jones Performers: Jennifer Jackson & Simon Carroll Jones Lighting and Video Design: Sarah Readman Sound Co-Designed:? Alexandra Faye Braithwaite and Annie- May Fletcher Costume Design: C?cile Tr?moli?res and Tracey Dunk Dramaturgy: Emily Ling Williams Movement Direction: Simon Carroll Jones Outside Eye: Poppy Clifford, Anna West, Emily Ling Williams Lighting and Video Design Development: Joshua Pharo Creative Technology Consultancy: idontloveyouanymore Stage Management: Sam Campbell Producing: Rosie Scudder Previous collaborators: Anna Himali Howard and Sarah Calver Thanks to Rajha Shakiry, Nickie Mikes Wildin, Justine Themen, Suzanne Bell, tangled feet, Upstart Theatre, Catt Belcher & Octagon Theatre, Grace Ng Ralph & Claire Symonds (The Lowry), Dan Gilbert, Alex Lui & Laura Elliot (The Oxford Playhouse). Endurance was commissioned by HOME as part of PUSH 2021 (7 ? 9 October 2021) ?