Ebony Hickey, Headless Poetry + Big Dog Theatre

About this episode

Madison Moffat discusses art and identity with Ebony Hickey, explores queer poetry with Jocasta Suzanne, and talks about Big Dog Theatre's new production.

In this episode, Madison Moffat:Learned from visual artist and performer Ebony Hickey about translating the challenges of adoption and estrangement from one’s homeland into art.Continued to explore the very queer monthly Headless Poetry event, by speaking with poet Jocasta Suzanne about the Headless social mission.All the while, joined in the studio by Ivy Crago and Maxine Palmerson of Big Dog Theatre, whose new production ‘The Devil in Her Undies’ (19-30 May, Motley Bauhaus) explores the radical act of giving yourself permission to fail.

People in this episode

Host: Madison Moffat

Guests: Ebony Hickey, Jocasta Suzanne

Topics covered

• art
• adoption
• estrangement
• queer poetry
• theatre
• performance

Keywords

• adoption
• estrangement
• queer
• poetry
• theatre
• performance
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Big Dog Theatre

Books & works: The Devil in Her Undies

Places: Motley Bauhaus

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