ris-k
Risky? Or a little risqué?
A provocative performance about care, autonomy and what happens when personal choice is labelled a risk.
Inside the Performance
A home visit is underway. Jemma and her care worker interact, while the audience hears something else: Jemma’s inner voice. Unfiltered, personal and uninhibited, her thoughts move through needs and desire, giving the audience access to a side of Jemma that isn't part of the conversation happening in the room.
ris-k TRAILER
Ris-K in your space
RIS-K brings questions around care, autonomy and personal choice into the room through performance. Its compact format makes it particularly suited to learning and professional settings, where it’s the perfect starting point for conversation, reflection or creative activity.
| In Your Space | At a Glance |
|---|---|
| Bring a care encounter into the room – a simulated home visit places the audience inside a familiar professional setting | Simulated performance |
| Hear what isn’t being said – the audience hears Jemma’s inner voice alongside the encounter unfolding in front of them | Intimate audience experience |
| Connect performance and practice – the work can sit within teaching, training and professional development | Suited to learning and professional settings |
| Spark conversation — care, autonomy, sexuality, intimacy and risk | Performance + facilitated workshop potential |
Further possibilities
RIS-K can form part of a wider learning or professional development programme, using performance as a starting point for facilitated discussion, workshop activity and reflection.
We’re interested in developing this approach with partners working across social care, health, education and professional learning.
Previously presented at Manchester Metropolitan University in ‘The Flat’.
Content & sensory information: RIS-K includes sexual references and language and deals with care, autonomy, sexuality, personal choice and risk. The performance takes the form of a home visit, with the audience hearing Jemma’s inner thoughts whilst observing the interaction taking place.
Could Ris-K work in your space?
Talk to us about your space, programme and audiences, and we’ll explore how the work could fit.
Credits
Created and performed by Janet Charlesworth
Produced and presented by Uncurbed Collective (formerly Proud and Loud Arts)
Trailer: Phil Smethurst, Manchester Lights Media
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