THE BROGAN DAVISON SHOW (2017)

“I hope she gets the help she needs”
— Concerned audience member

Continuing on their quest to critically explore the staging of ‘the self’, The Brogan Davison Show is Dance For Me’s fourth project which dives even further into exploring the relationship of a lived life and it’s representation. 

The Brogan Davison Show takes the format of a solo stand-up performance which happens in the living room of a volunteer ‘host’ who can invite their friends, family, neighbours, pets, acquaintances or strangers or whomever they wish to spend an evening of The Brogan Davison Show with. In the show, Brogan, a self-deprecating, mouthy and mentally unwell woman, tells stories from her working class childhood home in England, gives cooking tips and sings songs inspired by her favourite TV show Downton Abbey.

Through Dance For Me’s vulnerable and off-key approach to performance making, guests can expect a brutally raw performance full of love, rage, bravery and stupidity through song, dance, stand-up and storytelling.

“...left me with the feeling, that I need to tell everybody to see this show before they die.”
— Sigrún Halla Unnarsdóttir - Host and Kundalini yoga teache
“Suprising. Funny. Sincere. I LOVE IT. I WANT IT AGAIN”
— Ásgerður Gunnarsdóttir - Host and director of Reykjavík Dance Festival
“…it offers a condition of solidarity through the embrace of weakness, failure and vulnerability. And within that solidarity that their work offers, we find qualities of tenderness, empathy, laughter, comfort, and even love, for ourselves and each other.”
— Alexander Roberts - Co-Director Reykjavík Dance Festival and Programme Director MFA Performing Arts at the Iceland University of the Arts

Concept and creation: Brogan Davison, Pétur Ármannsson
Artistic support: Jónas Reynir Gunnarsson, Björn Leó Brynjarsson, Alexander Roberts
Co-production: Indiciplinarte (IT), Reykjavík Dance Festival (IS)
Supported by: The Icelandic Culture Fund (IS), Reykjavíkurborg (IS).

The Brogan Davison Show (2017) has been to: 

The Bastard Festival, Trondheim, Norway:
The home of Giulia Deval Trondheim, Norway.
The home of Azra Halilović Trondheim, Norway.
The home of Alise Plavina Trondheim, Norway.
The art space of Mishi Foltyn, Trondheim, Norway.
Welcome To Our Guesthouse, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -
The home of Marcel Brand, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The home of Samira Benlaloua, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Das Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
The home of Juul Beeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The home of Clara García Fraile and Biljana Radinoska Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Everybody’s Spectacular Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland:
The home of Una Björk Jónsdóttir and Fríða Sóley Hjartardótti, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Ívar Pétur Kjartansson and Sigrún Halla Unnarsdóttir, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Ragnheiður Steindórs, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Þóra Björk Schram, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Alexander Roberts and Ásgerdur G. Gunnarsdottir, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Reykjavík Dance Festival, Iceland:
The home of Nína Hjálmarsdóttir, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Guðmundur Kárason, Reykjavík, Iceland.
The home of Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Idiciplinarte, Terni, Italy:
The home of Chiara Organtini, Terni, Italy.
Fabrica Europa, Florence, Italy:
The home of Gosie Vervloessem, Florence, Italy.
The home of Maiko Yamamoto, MAKE residency, Ireland.