Self insert outside fan spiral (on ice) is a live action figure skating fan fiction / a totally real figure skating event made up of lots of pleasurable neurodivergent overwhelm.

Here are some facts about figure skating: there are no facts in figure skating only very strong opinions. A spiral is when you glide on one blade for a long time either forwards or backwards with the other foot raised. A fan spiral is a back outside edge spiral where the legs look like the edges of a fan if it was a really dangerous fan made from legs.

(on ice) takes place on an amplified piece of real fake ice and like any real figure skating event includes a six minute warm-up, Carmens, Boleros, Swan Lakes, Phantoms, lifts, quadruple Axels, alien mpreg, crystals, illusion mesh, bears, short programmes, medium programmes, long programmes, and several ice resurfacing breaks. The ice resurfacing machine is probably the best figure skater of all time. His name is Zamboni and he makes the ice with his teeth and his liquids and he’s sooooo sexy.

This performance has Integrated Closed Captions.

This performance has Live Audio Description by Jonathan Penny available via headsets. Please email laura@takemesomewhere.co.uk to reserve an Audio Description headset.

This performance encourages masks. There will be an air purifier running in this venue and FFP2 masks available.

This show embraces some elements of a Relaxed Performance. For Self Insert Outside Fan Spiral (On Ice), this means that content, sound, or light levels have not been changed, but there is a more relaxed atmosphere for audiences. Including:

• Audiences can leave and re-enter the theatre

• Audiences are welcome to move, tic, stim or make noise

• There will be an Access Introduction before the performance, welcoming the audience to the space

• A breakout space will be available pre, during and after the show

• Ear Defenders, Ear Plugs and Dark Glasses will be available to borrow

Audio Description Pre-show Audio Notes 

Listen below for Audio Described notes that detail what audiences can expect in the show. A version of these notes will also be delivered to Audio Description users before the performance via headsets. These notes are read by Jo Hauge and a transcript is available here.

Sensory Notes:

• Intense Sound

• Loud Noise

• Dry Ice, Smoke or Haze

• Moving lights (No strobe)

• Smell (food)

• Bodily Fluids (on stage only)

Language: English

Venue and Seating:

T4, Tramway (Ground floor). Wheelchair accessible. Tramway venue access information.

Seating:  Stage side row seating of fixed chairs with no arms. Step Free. Seating Bank with flip down, padded seats with arms. 1 row step free. Wheelchair spaces available to reserve via Tramway Box Office

Changing Places Toilet: On 15 October there will be a Portable Changing Places Toilet at Tramway.

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• Full Nudity

• References to physical injury

• Sexual Imagery & Sexual References

• Bodily Fluids

• Explicit Performance

Artist Bio

Jo Hauge is a neurodivergent, trans live artist from Oslo based in Glasgow. They make performances that embrace overwhelm, clumsiness & poor impulse control, using stream-of-consciousness text, confusing soundscapes & a purposeful lack of clarity to create a sense of pleasurable overwhelm. In 2021 Hauge was awarded the Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund & spent a year developing their practice towards a sustainable, accessible & inherently neurodivergent practice. A key part of this is working collaboratively & slowly, as well as giving the artistic content the space to be as neurodivergent & original as it can be, slowly working out its own neurodivergent logics rather than relying on established ways of making meaning. Jo’s work incorporates body-based practices inspired by a strong history of live art practice from the UK, Norway and further afield.

Self Insert Outside Fan Spiral (On Ice) is created for & by queer, trans, & neurodivergent people. While the work invites engagement from all, it centers the perspectives & experiences of these communities. The performance emphasises playfulness and pleasure as much-needed counterpoints to the historical misrepresentation & condescension often directed at disabled & trans people. They have an MA in Performance from Queen Mary University of London. johauge.com

Credits

Made by Jo Hauge in collaboration with sound designer Nicol Parkinson
Producer and Access Support: Siân Baxter
Movement Direction and Movement Dramaturgy: Emma Lewis-Jones
R&D Movement Direction: Aby Watson
Prop Design / Dramaturgical Support: Mamoru Iriguchi
Costume Design: Saira Harvey
Lighting Design: Michaella Fee
Production Manager: Lee Davis

A Take Me Somewhere commission made with support from Creative Scotland, Tramway, National Theatre of Scotland.