"No one can enjoy freedom without trembling" - E. Cioran
Sh*t Happens
Clinical space. A toilet seat. Smile. Suffer. Hide. Repeat.
No one sees the struggle unless it’s visible.
How many times did you walk into a public toilet after someone and couldn’t stand the smell? How many times did you curse or call someone names because they occupied the toilet for too long? Has the thought of them having a serious chronic disease ever crossed your mind?
Sh*t Happens is a multidisciplinary performance exploring the taboos and challenges of living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, drawing on personal experience of one of the more than 300,000 people currently affected in the UK.
The performance deals with the awkward and often embarrassing subject in a light and humorous way that is not deprived of its importance and seriousness. Through the use of technology, autobiographical stories and poetry, the spectator gradually discovers the inconvenient aspects of living with an invisible disease.
From the obvious medical symptoms to what may seem unthinkable or even silly to a normal person, Sh*t Happens takes you on a journey to a familiar yet unknown world.
Writer and Performer: Patrycja Dynowska
Direction and Light Design: Theodor Spiridon
Stage Design: Helen Hebert
Composer: Meg Ella Brookes
Sound Engineer: Oli Morgan
Producer: Jemma Rowlston
If you are interested in having this performance presented at your theatre, conservatory, theatre school, sixth form, or university, please contact Patrycja Dynowska.
Promotional Video ©Nathanael Bennett
"Her very personal and intimate experience becomes a multidisciplinary performance, with poetry and physical theatre used to deliver a lot of talk about poo."
“The visuals are equally important in the narration, with director Theodor Spiridon accompanying her odyssey with a striking lighting design and dynamism of movement.”