Deborah Pearson

Maker of Live Things

Category: Touring

The Talent

A woman is in a soundproof booth on a dark stage speaking into a microphone. She is wearing headphones smiling and has her hands wide stretched in a gesture.

A woman in a sound booth is talking. She is talking to herself. She is talking to you. She is talking to everyone. She is gifted, professional, mercurial; it seems as if she can summon almost any kind of voice and create any kind of world. She is selling you somethingShe is telling you a […]

The Elders

Around a long white table - six young people are sitting. They have tablets in front of them and a white lightbulb is brightly shining.

TEXT BROUGHT OVER FROM OLD SITE – Not visible – just for Sarah field entry purposes The Elders (Os Anciaos) is a play starring actors between 12 and 18 years old, set 40 years in the future, who play politicians 40 years older than they are. Taking place over the course of a few hours […]

Make Yourself At Home

There is a pile of cardboard cut outs of furniture, such as tables, and sofas and TVs. On the wall behind is a sign that says 'History, History, History, Deborah Pearson, Canada)

TEXT BROUGHT OVER FROM OLD SITE – Not visible – just for Sarah field entry purposes Inside an empty cardboard box big enough for two adults to sit in, you meet a stranger. A stranger who wasn’t born here. They want to make you feel at home. After they’ve made you tea, they ask you to […]

History History History

Deborah Pearson holds up a white banner on a stick while a film is being projected onto a wall, this casts the shadow of the banner and Deborah Pearson onto the film. The film is of people protesting.

TEXT BROUGHT OVER FROM OLD SITE – Not visible – just for Sarah field entry purposes “A roving and inventive presentation.” – Sight and Sound Magazine In 1956, there was a popular uprising against the USSR in Hungary. The battle was fought primarily from the Corvin Cinema, and the uprising lead to one of the […]

The Future Show

Deborah Pearson in a black dress is crouched on the road, next to the words 'The Future' written in chalk

TEXT BROUGHT OVER FROM OLD SITE – Not visible – just for Sarah field entry purposes “As soon as I finish speaking you will clap. Even those of you who were a bit bored will clap because it’s a comfortable way to signal an ending.” The Future Show is both a performance and an on-going […]

The Filibuster

A lego figure with a concerned expression is standing against a blue podium

TEXT BROUGHT OVER FROM OLD SITE – Not visible – just for Sarah field entry purposes   The Filibuster is a 12 hour durational performance piece featuring a series of female identifying performers speaking spontaneously at a podium, tackling the baggage around public discourse and women. The first performer is 13 years old, and the piece features […]