POLLON by Eliza Scott
an expert theatre-maker … captivating and deeply compelling Nightwrites
rich and resonant … one of the more entrancing works I’ve seen this year Audrey Journal
achingly profound Judith Greenaway
commendably elegant … Scott is irresistibly charming Suzy Wrong
NOMINATED FOR 2021 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
DECEMBER 2021
a part of the KXT Open the Door season
DEVISED & PERFORMED BY ELIZA SCOTT
Pollon – is an interdisciplinary piece that explores resilience, memory and loss. It invites the audience to fall into a vortex of genealogy, grief and encounter the footsteps of experiences that we can’t seem to let go of.
Who becomes the custodian of our memories?
Formulated from music, anecdotes and interviews with people who have experienced dementia and/or Alzheimer’s, Pollon is a work that uses pre-recorded audio; including dialogue, songs, instructions to connect participants to the memories we may have left behind. Pollon sonically explores the moments that people leave with us, and re-lives them again and again and again...
Eliza invites the audience to share these fragments with them, to live these moments as if they were their own, to add to their tapestry, only if in order to forget them again.
presented by LITTLE EGGS COLLECTIVE
Eliza Scott is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, drag, sound and film.
The nature of their work is experimental, queer and intends to shift away from the conventional narrative. Their practice integrates technology and sound into live performance - through the use of loop pedals, live-feed and audio-trickery.
In February 2021, Eliza presented Pollon, an interdisciplinary solo piece developed through Shopfront Co-Op’s 2020/21 Artslab residency. Pollon explores the liminal space that exists in the gaps of remembering, and how sound and music hold the blind-spots in our memories.
They have worked as a creator, performer, musician, and collaborator in multiple shows on reputable Sydney stages.
Eliza graduated from Actors Centre Australia, and is a proud member of Equity.
POLLON was developed as a part of Shopfront ArtsLab