Theatre / Cement Coproductie / English Spoken

Ira Brand

Commitment Phobe

In a society that values certainty, Ira Brand gives us an ode to doubt. When you constantly have to pick a side and be sure, how much room is there still for ambivalence? How can we view doubt as a strength instead of something powerless? In a live experiment including a chain reaction machine Ira and performer Tiana Hemlock-Yensen explore what it means to not know, to not choose and to keep moving. Commitment Phobe is an exploration of the space between yes and no.

Ira is a German-born and UK-raised artist, writer, performer and theatre-maker. Ira makes live, inter-disciplinary performance: solo stage shows, one-to-one pieces, duets, or participatory work. In her work, she creates space for acknowledging life’s easy to miss contradictions and inconsistencies.

Ira is no Cement stranger: she took the stage with Like the party has been cancelled and Ways to submit during earlier editions .

Production: Frascati Producties, in coproduction with: wpZimmer, C-Takt, Festival Cement, The Yard Theatre