It’s All Made Up

Performance

Deborah Pearson wasn’t very comfortable writing fiction. To her, it felt like lying. As a result, she’s made her career in theatre by telling real stories about her life or her performers’ lives. Designer and artist Chloe Lamford designed The Site at the Royal Court, and challenged Deborah to write some fiction for it.

Deborah started making up the story as soon as she first walked into the Site, always writing from and in The Site. She hopes that what ended up being performed was a string of pathological lies and made up magic.

Part of The Site, a series of work experimenting in design, collaboration and process.

Gallery

A person is sat in a blue soundproof room, on a shelf above their head are three glasses and a digital clock.

Three people sit in a blue soundproof room, each with a blue table in front of them. The middle table has a full jug of water on it.

Four people sit in a blue soundproof room, each with a blue table in front of them.

A person sat in a blue soundproof room is speaking to someone and has an outstretched hand. They have a blue table in front of them on which is a glass of water.

Four people sit in a blue soundproof room, each with a blue table in front of them with a glass of water.

Two people sit in a blue soundproof room, each with a blue table in front of them. The table to the left has a jug of water. The table to the right has a fish bowl with a fish in it.

A person is standing and gesticulating in a blue soundproof room.

Two people standing opposite each other having a discussion in a blue soundproof room, between them another person sits with a blue table in front of them.

Credit: Chloe Lamford

Video

Reviews

All the building's a stage as the Royal Court puts place before play

The Guardian

Credits

It’s All Made Up was a play/ fictional panel discussion that starred Siobhan Redmond, Richard Lumsden, Amaka Okafor and Deborah Pearson. It was directed by Lucy Morrison and designed by Chloe Lamford. It ran from May 24th to May 26th at The Site at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

More information can be found on the Royal Court Theatre page.

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