Project Detail

Touretteshero: Me My Mouth and I

Jess Thom @ Touretteshero

Synopsis

Artist, activist and performer Jess Thom, who has Tourette's syndrome, conducts a revealing investigation into one of Beckett’s most intense monologues, ‘Not I’, in which she asks the audience to reconsider issues of disability, representation and social exclusion.
This film is radical in its asking of exciting and novel questions about the portrayal of disability in the arts and the exclusion of disabled people as cultural and creative producers. Jess moves past the reverence that surrounds Beckett’s work and makes it accessible to everyone, while raising questions about cultural curation, who has access to theatre and who can perform it.

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 58 mins
Director: Sophie Robinson
Producer: Sophie Robinson, Jess Thom
Co-Producer: Jess Thom, Matthew Pountney
Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac, Andrew Fettis
Editor: Reg Wrench
Screenwriter: Sophie Robinson, Jess Thom
Director of Photography: Ollie Verschoyle, Grace Harper
Sound: Justin Smith, Stephen Hodge, Joseph Dolan, Josh Allam
Principal cast: Jess Thom
Produced with support from Arts Council England: Neil Darlison, Cassandra Mathers
Film Title Note: Film title should read 'Touretteshero: Me My Mouth & I'

Genre

Woman Director Disabilities

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Touretteshero

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A 60-minute film exploring neuro-diversity in the arts through the work of Samuel Beckett from disabled performer Jess Thom's personal perspective. Jess is an artist and activist who also has Tourette's Syndrome. In this film, Jess takes us on a funny and unpredictable journey of discovery into one of Beckett's most complex plays,and asks us to radically reconsider issues of disability, representation and social exclusion as she prepares to perform the role of Mouth in Not I, in front of a live theatre audience.

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