The Rising Damp & other Tails
Set on a stormy night in the depths of a raging housing crisis, this immersive, site-specific performance retells Hans Christian Anderson’s 'The Little Mermaid' as an exploitative love story between a merman and an estate agent.
Leeds Pilot, May 2025
Performances & Workshops
In collaboration with:
João Maio: Production
Luke Wilson & Georgie Buchanan: Community Outreach Workshops
Marta Maluva (Maluva Pictures): Documentation
Ailleen Klein: Costume Design
In partnership with : Solace, a charity that supports the survivors of persecution and exile and Meeting Point, an organisation supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Both based in Leeds.
Research & Development Phases supported by Leeds City Council’s Leeds Cultural Investment Programmes and Volcano Theatre
Location: Open Source Arts
Above images were taken by Maluva Pictures.
Images 1 -4 of performance by Claudine Conway.
Images 4-6 by Lily Tiger Tonkin Wells of workshop with housing rights activists from Shelter Cymru
Swansea, Research / Development Phase, August 2025
Performances and Outreach Workshop
Swansea Cast Guests: Paul Davies & Megan Haines
Location: Volcano Theatre
Community Partner: Shelter Cyrmru
Supported by Arts Council of Wales - Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
