Who we are
Claire Eliza Willoughby
Co-Artistic Director
“I am excited by colour, texture, sound and bodies in space. Having originally studied music and then clown, I enjoy the friction created between traditional art forms and the opportunity to undermine them / fail / leave elements to chance.
The fellowship with Oily Cart and Imaginate has led to a new passion for interrogating the different ways in which we can approach live performance, collective gatherings and intimate experiences that build from access as the key artistic seed - creating saturated and lush spaces that speak to individual needs, a collective longing and a celebration of what it is to be human.”
Claire is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. She was recently a Jerwood Fellow with Oily Cart and Imaginate - a period of funded research to explore making sensory work for young audiences with additional support needs.
Eszter Marsalko
Co-Artistic Director
Eszter is an artist working in live performance, film and video. She primarily directs, writes, choreographs and works as a dramaturg across a wide range of genres, including theatre, opera, dance, puppetry, circus, film and site-specific performance.
“I’m interested in collaborative, multi-disciplinary ways of working and experimenting with form. I often make things that take on a form of their own – environments that feel novel, adventurous and immersive - not really like anything else. I find that this is a good way to help people respond in a way that is new to them as well, enhancing the liveness of the moment and allowing for experiences of rapture, transcendence and connection.
The through line across my work is my love of experimentation and a passion for finding and creating connections between ideas, forms, things, animals, people, places and times.
Isy Sharman
Producer
Isy is a theatre and dance producer based in Glasgow. Alongside her work with Snap-Elastic she produces for a number of independent artists and small organisations.
“I have a commitment to supporting ambitious artists to make rigorous, socially responsive and theatrically exciting work. I love that the projects I produce, wether for young or adult audiences, always engage with the the essence of live performance, and all the magic that comes with it.
My recent productions have also been in dialogue with the international community, and I’ve enjoyed opportunites to travel within the UK and further abroad to develop an understanding of where Scottish work sits within the international performance sector.”
Photos by Audrey Bizourne