Heart of Glass: Growler

Collaborative and social arts agency Heart of Glass introduce new piece Growler.

Heart of Glass are a Merseyside-based community arts organisation who aim to create collaborative art pieces which provoke conversations and create change. They have spent a year working with Dee Mulrooney, 85 year old Irish artist and activist, and now bring her project Growler to Merseyside. During the course of the next year, they plan to develop a programme which connects with communities in St Helens and Knowsley.

Growler is Irish artist and activist Dee Mulrooney’s alter-ego and performance piece. She is an 85-year-old drum-banging shamanic vulva living in exile. Through storytelling, song, spoken word and comedy, Growler takes audiences on a ritualistic, theatrical journey through grief, loss, exile and displacement.

No stone is left unturned and no one is left behind on Growler’s quest to heal the past and help people to love the “eejit” out of themselves. With a tongue like a lash and a heart of gold, Growler is at the coal face, blazing the streets with her trolley and staff, remembering the everyday sacred.’

The performance contains themes of and reference to sexual assault and abuse. While these are approached with honesty, care and a deep commitment to healing, some material may be difficult to encounter, triggering for survivors, or those affected by trauma. Audience discretion is advised.

Tickets are free, with a suggested donation of £5.

At Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, L1 9BH.

Created by Dee Mulrooney and produced by Emily Gee.

Book Now Free, though a £5 donation is recommended