Sheila Hill (writer/theatremaker)
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Sheila Hill is an English artist, writer and theatremaker.[1][2]
Career
She was a columnist and feature writer for the Guardian newspaper, before focusing on theatre, and art installations.
A spinal injury, in her early 30s, removed her from normal life, but Atkinson Morley Hospital’s intensive rehabilitation programme started to turn things around, despite the fact that regaining a functional level of strength took several years.
Sheila wrote about this period in a series of newspaper articles, and also in her theatre work, Crocodile Looking At Birds. [3][4][5]
As an artist, she draws on real voices, transcribing and editing these into short, poetic testimonies, which she uses as her starting material.
Works
- Eye to Eye, The Dome, Brighton Festival, 2019[6][7][8]
- Him, Royal Festival Hall/Glasgow’s Tramway/Birmingham Rep/Edinburgh Traverse, 2016 [9][10][11][12]
- The Question Room, Science Museum, London, 2009
- I See Your Beating Heart, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, 2001
- Crocodile Looking At Birds, Lyric Hammersmith, London, 1995
- My Parents Never Talk To White People, ICA, London, 1994
- Check King Coal, Oval House, London, 1985
Sheila also founded and curated Tabernacle Folk, a four year, progressive, commissioning, international festival (2010-2013), aimed at stretching the boundaries of traditional music. This was voted Critics Choice Best Gig in London, by Time Out. [13][14]
She has one son, Billy.
References
- ↑ "How I became an artist". Theatre and Dance. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ↑ "Sheila Hill". doollee.com. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ↑ "Crocodile Looking at Birds (1995)". BFI. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Parry, Jann (31 December 1995). "A year in the Arts". Observer.
- ↑ Parry, Jann (28 May 1995). "Review". Observer.
- ↑ Festival, Eye to Eye at Brighton Festival | Brighton. "Eye to Eye at Brighton Festival". Brighton Festival. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Improviso, Chilly Gonzales, Howard Skempton, Sheila Hill". BBC. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Potty training, Going away with friends, Jude". BBC. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Sheila Hill: HIM". Tramway. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Guest Review: Him at the Southbank Centre". Exeunt Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Him - A Gentle Triumph". HuffPost UK. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "Plan your week's theatre: top tickets". the Guardian. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ Critics' Choice Best Gig in London, Time Out, 29 March - 4 April, 2012.
- ↑ "Eight new works commissioned for Tabernacle Folk Festival - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
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