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​PAST WORK

Homeward Housebound

Church Of The Latter Day Sinners

The Comforter

Vespertime

The Falsettos

And The Stars Down So Close
The Making Of Bull: The True Story
Stay!
Around The World In A Lunar Day

There's A Hole In My Heart That Goes All The Way To China​
Cinema Bizarre
You Are Here, But Where Am I?
Salad Of The Bad Cafe

Letter To Francis

Under The Covers

Room 474

Bass Desires

Stacy Makishi - Photo by Claire Nolan

Photo - Claire Nolan

Homeward (House) Bound

Homeward (House) Bound

How do we satisfy our longing to touch? How do we continue to make meaningful contact? Will we choose to hold or withhold our love? How can being house-bound set us free? Homeward (House) Bound offers homemade rituals to help us surf through uncertainty, boredom, re-runs and grief. Mundane encounters with household appliances are suddenly charged with gravity and magic. Produced by Artsadmin. Photo - Vick Ryder

Church Of The Latter Day Sinners

Church Of The Latter Day Sinners

Church of the Latter Day Sinners welcomes everyone! It offers a different kind of communion, where the public come. together to find strength in their shame. Stacy Makishi knows a lot about shame; she's the shame shaman. More mess than messiah, she's the prophet for profit. If you're seeking to deepen the mystery and long for an atmosphere that cultivates risk, shuns imposter syndrome and welcomes imperfection, this church is the one for you! Produced by Artsadmin Photo - Vick Ryder

The Comforter

The Comforter

Part ritual, part prayer, part rowdy revivalist rally, The Comforter is a rite of passage that reclaims spirituality and proposes a new perspective on the church. Exchanging psalms and sacrament for 80s and 90s pop culture, it draws inspiration from ‘Twin Peaks’ and Ingmar Bergman whilst throwing a kiss to George Michael. Commissioned by Yard Theatre, Marlborough Theatre, Norwich Arts & Colchester Arts . Supported by ACE. Produced by Artsadmin. Photo - Vick Ryder Artwork - Jane Harper

Vespertime

Vespertime

"Vespertime tackles themes of paternal absence, poignant memories and mourning through a combination of soul searching, humour and absurd home truths. Supported by National Theatre Studio and commissioned by Chelsea Theatre and Colchester Arts Centre. Supported by Arts Council England and produced by Artsadmin. Photo - Manual Vason

The Falsettos

The Falsettos

Unearthing another thrilling tale of filial-sleuthery, Hawaiian performance-maker Stacy Makishi investigates midlife, mobs, meatballs and moms via Barbra Streisand, E.T., and The Sopranos. Masterfully grafting the trappings of gangster film onto domestic drama, The Falsettos is a humorous solo take on the mysteries of love, loss and separation. Co-commissioned by Chelsea Theatre, Colchester Arts Centre and The Basement. Produced by Artsadmin. Photo - Vick Ryder Artwork - Will Munro

And The Stars Down So Close

And The Stars Down So Close

A ‘cine-symphonic’ audio walk, a magical installation and a huge mirror ball radiating a celestial meteor shower over Newington Green. Drawing inspiration from John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, set during the Great Depression. In today’s climate, people are desperate to find a glimmer of hope, joy, fulfillment and meaning. And The Stars Down So Close hopes to shine some light in troubled times and lighten the load for those who are weary. Photo - Vick Ryder Artwork - Will Munro

Bull: The True Story

Bull: The True Story

Bull: The True Story is a layered and concentric theatre-based solo piece by Stacy Makishi with original music by Paul Clark and Gareth Fry. The piece draws inspiration from the film Fargo. Bull: The True Story is a powerful fusion of physical theatre, music, film and text. The stage is a battleground between truth and lies; what’s spoken and what’s omitted; what’s fiction and what is documentary. Photo - Vick Ryder

Stay!

Stay!

A dinner party has had one drink too many and now Elizabeth Taylor lifts the petticoats of a love affair that’s gone to the dogs. Film Noir collides with Pet Rescue in this hilarious examination of codependence, malicious domination and the subversion of the natural order. This highly visual piece draws its inspiration from the paintings of Paula Rego, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and Lassie Come Home. Developed with Lyric Hammersmith Photo - Vick Ryder

Around the World in a Lunar Day

Around the World in a Lunar Day

Around the World in a Lunar Day is an upliftingly sad and elegiac tale of love, loss and moonlight. Photographed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Around The World In A Lunar Day

Around The World In A Lunar Day

Around the World in a Lunar Day is an upliftingly sad and elegiac tale of love, loss and moonlight. Photographed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

There's A Hole In My Heart ...

There's A Hole In My Heart ...

There's A Hole In My Heart That Goes All The Way To China mines the mysterious caverns of the human heart. The piece is made up of many parts about holes that ultimately leaves one feeling whole. Carl Jung says, ‘I would rather be whole than be good’. This work digs down deep into the depths of loneliness and shame, but even in its darkest moments, the canary still sings. Photo - Vick Ryder

Cinema Bizarre!

Cinema Bizarre!

Cinema Bizarre! Japanese Sci-Fi horror that probes the underbelly of polymorphous desire. This interactive piece unfolds within a traveling three-ringed circus: part cinema, part installation, part psychic performance. 'A work that’s equal parts American Film Noir, Japanese horror and Wim Wenders style whimsy.' City Pages, USA. Photo - Hugo Glendinning

You Are Here...But Where Am I?

You Are Here...But Where Am I?

You Are Here...But Where Am I? was originally commissioned by the Liverpool Biennial and recently reworked for Psi 12 Performing Rights. This interdisciplinary piece (part installation; part one to one interrogation), explores the politics of language, borders, immigration and cross-cultural identity. Through a series of surreal and poetic questions, the participant co-creates the making of their own passport. Photo - Vick Ryder

Salad Of The Bad Cafe. 1999.

Salad Of The Bad Cafe. 1999.

Split Britches + Stacy Makishi Salad of the Bad Café is a postmodern cabaret inspired by Carson McCuller's novel Ballad of the Sad Café and the lives of Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishima. It is a treatise on love in a post-claustrophobic era. The play begins in 1945, in the summer that lay between the war and the postwar period when Japan was weeping, the American South was seething and the word 'gender' was mostly used in grammar class.

Letter To Francis

Letter To Francis

Letter To Francis was devised as part of Tate Remixed; a digital media collaboration between B3 Media and Tate Britain. Four spoken word artists and filmmakers were commissioned to produce a series of short films based on their interpretation of three Tate Britain exhibitions. Writer/ performance artist Stacy Makishi and filmmaker Nick Parish collaborated on this film as a response to the artist, Francis Bacon. http://www.nickparish.tv/commercial/stacy Photo - Nick Parish

Under The Covers (2015)

Under The Covers (2015)

Directed by Stacy Makishi and devised with Contact Young Company. Supported by Contact, the Wellcome Collection and SICK! Festival. Toured to Southbank Centre, Battersea Arts Centre, and Traverse Edinburgh.

Room 474

Room 474

Room 474 was commissioned by Live Art UK, Live Art Development Agency and Colchester Arts Centre in conjunction with the Great Eastern Hotel, London. The Great Eastern and the Titanic were two of the largest ships ever built and both suffered the same kind of accident soon after they put to sea. Room 474 is a tour which investigates the underbelly of icebergs, between hotel bed sheets and steamy cold showers. Photo - Vick Ryder

Bass Desires

Bass Desires

Bass Desires Japanese Sci-Fi horror that probes the underbelly of polymorphous desire. 'A work that’s equal parts American Film Noir, Japanese horror and Wim Wenders style whimsy.' City Pages, USA. Photo - Manual Vason

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