Luca Rutherford (Learning to Die) is bringing her performance piece You Heard Me to Battersea Arts Centre, ahead of an autumn tour.
Exploring the complex and messy ways in which we connect to our internal power, Luca’s story of resilience and self-discovery empowers audiences to honour themselves by taking up space and finding their own voice.
You Heard Me is a true story that celebrates a single moment of noise that
allowed creator and performer Rutherford to escape an attack. This moment made her understand what it means to occupy space, to heal and be part of something much bigger than herself.
A theatrical experience about refusing to be silenced and the power to re-make, re-mould and disrupt, You Heard Me follows one woman’s journey to reclaiming the space she occupies.
This production is co-commissioned by The Albany, Battersea Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction, Northern Stage and Theatre in the Mill.
All performances will be relaxed – audiences are invited to move around if they need to, and if they need to leave the performance, they will be allowed to return when you feel ready.
The director is Maria Crocker, with dramaturg by Tanuja Amarasuriya, composer Melanie Wilson, designer Bethany Wells, movement director Linzy Na Nakorn, BSL interpreter Vinessa Brant, and initial movement by Steph McMann and Jenni Jackson.